Fundamentals of Bioinformatics

Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction to bioinformatics. 2. Database. 3. Sequence alignment and database searching. 4. Phylogenetic analysis. 5. Predictive methods. 6. Plasmid mapping and primer design. 7. Proteomics and genomics. 8. Insilico drug design. 9. Bioinformatics software and its applications. 10. GCG Wisconsin package. Glossary. Appendix. Index.

"Bioinformatics is an upcoming disciplines of life sciences. It is an integration of computer science and mathematical and statistical methods to manage and analyze the biological data. The fundamental issues that directly impact an understanding of life at structural, functional and molecular level and regulation of gene expression can be studies by using bioinformatics tools.

The Fundamentals of Bioinformatics is a comprehensive book for research scholars, who urge to learn about theoretical as well as practical aspects of this upcoming field. This pioneering book provides up-to-date information of bioinformatics and emphasizes recent topics like drug design technology, pharmacogenomics, proteomics and genomics. The present textbook will be an asset to life sciences and technology institutions, since it has been designed based on the prescribed syllabus of various Indian Universities and abroad, and covers all the important topics on bioinformatics." (jacket)