Bacterial Genomics - Genome Organization and Gene Expression Tools

This book presents the application of genomic tools to examine bacterial adaptation. The emphasis is on data analysis and interpretation.

Sommario

List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: bacterial genomes and gene expression; 2. Comparative genomics in the era of Sanger sequencing; 3. Studying bacterial genome variation with microarrays; 4. Studying bacterial genomes using next-generation sequencing; 5. Genome-scale analysis of gene expression and its regulation in bacteria; 6. DNA methylation in bacteria: a case for bacterial epigenetics; Index.

Info autore

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee obtained his B. Tech. (Industrial Biotechnology) in 2005 from Anna University, Chennai, India and PhD (Molecular Biology) in 2009 from the University of Cambridge, UK in the EMBL International PhD Programme at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Cambridge, UK under the supervision of Nicholas M. Luscombe. After a short postdoctoral stint at the EMBL-EBI, Cambridge, UK, he joined the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India, where he is currently working. He is a recipient of the Ramanujan Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has published a number of articles in international journals.

Riassunto

This book presents a review of the cutting-edge literature - emphasizing data analysis and interpretation - in a format that can be accessible to biologists. Simultaneously, the book provides materials to stimulate bioinformaticians and computational biologists working on cancer biology, mammalian development and epigenetics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee, Aswin Sai Narain (Tata Institute of Fu Seshasayee, Aswin Sai Narain (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Seshasayee, Seshasayee Aswin Sai Narain
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.03.2015
• EAN: 9781107079830
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07983-0
• Pagine: 230
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Biochimica, biofisica; Microbiology (non-medical), SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, biochemistry, molecular biology, Biology, life sciences, Human biology, Cellular biology (cytology), Genetics (non-medical), Computational biology / bioinformatics