Compact handbook of computational biology / edited by Andrzej K. Konopka, M. James C. Crabbe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Konopka, Andrzej K.

Crabbe, M. James C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computational biology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Computational biology.

Computational Biology.

Medical Subjects:

Computational Biology.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

viii, 560 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Handbook of computational biology

Computational biology

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2004]

Summary:

As computational methods continue to extend the reach of traditional study designs in biological research, this interdisciplinary handbook emerges as the first of its scale and caliber to synthesize foundational concepts, techniques, and challenges distinctive to biomolecular sequence analysis, genomic analysis, and more, backed by more than 975 works and practical guidelines.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Computational Biology in 14 Brief Paragraphs / Andrzej K. Konopka, M. James C. Crabbe 1

Part I. Biomolecular Sequence Analysis

2. Introduction to Pragmatic Analysis of Nucleic Acid Sequences / Andrzej K. Konopka 7

3. Motifs in Sequences: Localization and Extraction / Maxime Crochemore, Marie-France Sagot 47

4. Protein Sequence Analysis and Prediction of Secondary Structural Features / Jaap Heringa 99

Part II. Bioplymer Structure Calculation and Prediction

5. Discrete Models of Biopolymers / Peter Schuster, Peter F. Stadler 187

6. Protein Structure Folding and Prediction / William R. Taylor 223

7. DNA-Protein Interactions: Target Prediction / Akinori Sarai, Hidetoshi Kono 241

Part III. Genome Analysis and Evolution

8. Methods of Computational Genomics: An Overview / Frederique Lisacek 279

9. Computational Aspects of Comparative Genomics / Wojciech Makalowski, Izabela Makalowska 343

10. Computational Methods for Studying the Evolution of the Mitochondrial Genome / Cecilia Saccone, Graziano Pesole 369

Appendix 1 Computational Biology: Annotated Glossary of Terms / Andrzej K. Konopka, Philipp Bucher, M. James, C. Crabbe, Maxim Crochemore, Jaap Heringa, Frederique Lisacek, Izabela Makalowska, Wojciech Makalowski, Graziano Pesole, Cecilia Saccone, Marie-France Sagot, Akinori Sarai, Peter Stadler, William R. Taylor 451

Appendix 2 A Dictionary of Programs for Sequence Analysis / Andrzej K. Konopka, Jaap Heringa 503.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824709829

OCLC:

57143274