The Internet and the New Biology

Tools for Genomic and Molecular Research

• Author(s): Leonard F. Peruski, Anne Harwood Peruski,
• Publisher: ASM Press
• Pages: 314
• ISBN_10: 1555811191
  ISBN_13: 9781555811198
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Computers / Internet / General , Medical / General , Medical / Infectious Diseases , Medical / Internal Medicine , Science / Life Sciences / Biology , Science / Chemistry / Organic , Science / Life Sciences / Cell Biology , Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics , Science / Research & Methodology , Science / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology , Science / Reference ,

Description:... The Internet and the New Biology: Tools for Genomic and Molecular Research explores and explains some of the computational biology tools found on the Internet and how they can be applied to problems in genomic and molecular biology. This useful guide provides essential information and practical instruction on how to use the Internet to answer these four questions: -- How do I submit sequence data to the public sequence data base?-- How do I search a sequence against the public databases?-- How do I look for sequence motifs, such as promotors or splice-sites?-- How do I retrieve sequences from the public databases?To answer these questions, this unique book concentrates on the simplest component of the Internet -- e-mail servers -- but also highlights and demonstrates the use of two other practical and important aspects of the Internet: Gopher and the World Wide Web.Ten chapters organize and define a set of electronic tools that are the most broadly useful resources to molecular and genomic scientists. Beginning with an introduction to the Internet, this book explains the importance of electronic information to the biological community. It then provides an overview of e-mail, e-mail servers, Gopher, and the Web; and, by explaining how to use the Internet through a sampling of different resources, sets a foundation for using the Internet for sequence analysis. The major public primary and specialized sequence databases and the servers are described in great detail. Finally, a series of useful appendixes provide information on nucleic acids and proteins, suggested computer hardware and software needs, and a glossary of terms common to this field.A unique and special feature of this guide is its interactive Web site that describes and bookmarks all the servers summarized in Appendix A in the book. This appendix and Web site are designed to give a good cross-section of addresses for se