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Dennis Didulo, Scott Kelley, Scott T Kelley, Scott T. Kelley, Scott T. (Department of Biology San Diego State University) Kelley, Scott T./ Didulo Kelley...
Computational Biology - A Hypertextbook
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Description
An introduction to the world of bioinformatics
Massive increases in computing power and the ability to routinely sequence whole genomes of living organisms have begun to fundamentally alter our understanding of biology, medicine, and agriculture. At the intersection of the growing information and genomics revolutions sits bioinformatics, which uses modern computational power to reveal patterns in biological data sets, especially DNA, RNA, and protein sequences.
Computational Biology: A Hypertextbook, by Scott Kelley and Dennis Didulo, provides a wonderful introduction for anyone who wants to learn the basics of bioinformatics. This book is more than a textbook because of the wealth of online ancillary materials and how the print and electronic components are integrated to form a complete educational resource. Aspects that make Computational Biology: A Hypertextbook a unique and valuable tool for teaching and learning bioinformatics include
* Clear explanations of the basic biology of DNA, RNA, and proteins and how the related bioinformatics algorithms work
* Extensive exercises that enable students to practice with the same bioinformatics applications that are used by scientists worldwide
* Tutorials, sample data sets, and interactive learning tools developed with teachers in mind and field-tested by hundreds of students
* Online tutorials and curated web links that are accurate (instead of frustrating!) and won't lead to dead ends
* Online resources that work on multiple platforms and electronic devices
Computational Biology: A Hypertextbook is written in an accessible voice, punctuated with humor, and designed to significantly increase computational competencies. Biology and computer science undergraduate and graduate students will thoroughly enjoy learning from this unique hypertextbook, as will anyone with an interest in exploring this burgeoning topic.
List of contents
Preface ix
For the Instructor xi
For the Student xiii
Acknowledgments xiv
About the Authors xv
Chapter -1 Getting Started 1
Chapter 00 Introduction 5
Activity 0.1: Biological Databases and Data Storage 20
Chapter 01 BLAST 31
Activity 1.1: BLAST Algorithm 36
Chapter 02 Protein Analysis 47
Activity 2.1: Hydrophobicity Plotting 52
Activity 2.2: Protein Secondary Structure Prediction 58
Chapter 03 Sequence Alignment 67
Activity 3.1: Dynamic Programming 74
Chapter 04 Patterns in the Data 91
Activity 4.1: Protein Sequence Motifs 94
Activity 4.2: Position-Specific Weight Matrices 102
Chapter 05 RNA Structure Prediction 111
Activity 5.1: RNA Structure Prediction 118
Chapter 06 Phylogenetics 133
Activity 6.1: Phylogenetic Analysis 140
Chapter 07 Probability: All Mutations are not Equal (-ly Probable) 157
Activity 7.1: Generating PAM and BLOSUM Substitution Matrices 163
Chapter 08 Bioinformatics Programming: A Primer 179
Index 191
About the author
Scott T. Kelley is a professor of biology at San Diego State University. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Colorado and his bachelor's degree from Cornell University. His lab uses phylogenetic methods and culture-independent molecular tools to study environmental microbiology, and Kelley has published extensively on the human microbiome, built environment, and numerous natural environments.
Dennis Didulo is a data analytics and software engineer working at Becton, Dickinson and Company. He received his master's degree in information technology at De La Salle University and his second master's degree in bioinformatics at San Diego State University. He has development expertise in more than a dozen computer languages, as well as in database management, algorithm design, and systems engineering.
Summary
An introduction to the world of bioinformatics
Massive increases in computing power and the ability to routinely sequence whole genomes of living organisms have begun to fundamentally alter our understanding of biology, medicine, and agriculture. At the intersection of the growing information and genomics revolutions sits bioinformatics, which uses modern computational power to reveal patterns in biological data sets, especially DNA, RNA, and protein sequences.
Computational Biology: A Hypertextbook, by Scott Kelley and Dennis Didulo, provides a wonderful introduction for anyone who wants to learn the basics of bioinformatics. This book is more than a textbook because of the wealth of online ancillary materials and how the print and electronic components are integrated to form a complete educational resource. Aspects that make Computational Biology: A Hypertextbook a unique and valuable tool for teaching and learning bioinformatics include
* Clear explanations of the basic biology of DNA, RNA, and proteins and how the related bioinformatics algorithms work
* Extensive exercises that enable students to practice with the same bioinformatics applications that are used by scientists worldwide
* Tutorials, sample data sets, and interactive learning tools developed with teachers in mind and field-tested by hundreds of students
* Online tutorials and curated web links that are accurate (instead of frustrating!) and won't lead to dead ends
* Online resources that work on multiple platforms and electronic devices
Computational Biology: A Hypertextbook is written in an accessible voice, punctuated with humor, and designed to significantly increase computational competencies. Biology and computer science undergraduate and graduate students will thoroughly enjoy learning from this unique hypertextbook, as will anyone with an interest in exploring this burgeoning topic.
Product details
Authors | Dennis Didulo, Scott Kelley, Scott T Kelley, Scott T. Kelley, Scott T. (Department of Biology San Diego State University) Kelley, Scott T./ Didulo Kelley |
Assisted by | Scott T. Kelley (Editor) |
Publisher | American Society for Microbiology |
Languages | English |
Product format | Paperback / Softback |
Released | 31.01.2018 |
EAN | 9781683670025 |
ISBN | 978-1-68367-002-5 |
No. of pages | 210 |
Series |
ASM Books ASM |
Subjects |
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology
> Biology
> General, dictionaries
Mikrobiologie, Molekularbiologie, Molekulargenetik, Life Sciences, Biowissenschaften, molecular biology, Computational biology, Molecular Genetics |
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