Bioinformatics Basics: Applications in Biological Science and Medicine

Scientists use an extensive databank to access structural information on proteins and nucleic acids and a specialized form of software to analyze the hybridization pattern of DNA chips. The success of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries has been a result of technical advancements in genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. This book describes the organization of public domain databases with a tutorial for the services described. It concentrates on three major database clusters and relevant software tools that are maintained in the US, Europe, and Japan.