Bioinformatics for Everyone

Shows how to apply bioinformatics tools to improve research quality and agility to diverse areas in the biological and biomedical sciences

Mohammad Yaseen Sofi (Author), Afshana Shafi (Author), Khalid Z. Masoodi (Author)

9780323911283, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 20 September 2021

266 pages, 80 illustrations (50 in full color)
23.4 x 19 x 1.8 cm, 0.54 kg

Bioinformatics for Everyone provides a brief overview on currently used technologies in the field of bioinformatics—interpreted as the application of information science to biology— including various online and offline bioinformatics tools and softwares. The book presents valuable knowledge in a simplified way to help students and researchers easily apply bioinformatics tools and approaches to their research and lab routines. Several protocols and case studies that can be reproduced by readers to suit their needs are also included.

1. Prologue to bioinformatics2. Advances in DNA sequencing3. Bioinformatics databases and tools4. Nucleic acid sequence databases5. Pairwise sequence alignment6. Multiple sequence alignment7. Multiple sequence alignment tools - software and resources8. CLUSTALW software9. Plant genomic data and resources at NCBI10. NCBI BLAST11. BLAST: protocols12. ExPASy portal13. Primer designing tools14. Primer designing for cloning15. Restriction analysis tools16. Restriction analysis using NEBcutter17. KEGG database18. Database for annotation, visualisation and integrated discovery19. Genome analysis browsers20. Next-generation alignment tools21. Molecular marker storage databases and data visualisation22. Introduction to computer-aided drug design23. BioEdit in bioinformatics

Subject Areas: Personal & public health [MBNH], Biotechnology industries [KNDH1]