Research Catalog

Title

The Internet and the new biology : tools for genomic and molecular research / Leonard F. Peruski, Jr., Anne Harwood Peruski.

Author

Peruski, Leonard F.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

Peruski, Anne Harwood.

Description

xi, 314 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

• The Internet and the New Biology: Tools for Genomic and Molecular Research explores and explains the computational biology tools found on the Internet and how they can be applied to problems in genomic and molecular biology. This useful how-to guide provides essential information and practical instruction on ways to use the Internet to answer these four basic questions: How do I submit sequence data to public sequence database? How do I search a sequence against the public databases?
• How do I look for sequence motifs, such as promoters or splice sites? How do I retrieve sequences from the public databases?
• To answer these questions, the authors concentrate on the simplest component of the Internet - e-mail servers - but also highlight and demonstrate the use of two other practical and important components of the Internet: Gopher and the World Wide Web. A unique feature of this guide is the associated interactive Web site that describes and bookmarks all the servers discussed in the book.
• This Web site also offers updates on new sites and interesting developments in the field and provides the opportunity for feedback and comments from users. The Internet and the New Biology serves as a valuable introduction to Internet services in molecular biology and will be a vital laboratory reference for scientists who use Internet resources for sequence analysis.

Subjects

• Nucleotide sequence > Computer network resources
• Molecular biology > Computer network resources
• Amino acid sequence > Computer network resources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction to the Internet -- Ch. 2. E-mail, Gopher, and the Web -- Ch. 3. An Internet Server Primer -- Ch. 4. Molecular and Genomic Databases -- Ch. 5. Search and Retrieval -- Ch. 6. Structure and Function -- Ch. 7. Software, News, and Information -- Ch. 8. Analysis of Sequence Data -- Ch. 9. Gopher and the Web -- Ch. 10. The Future of the New Biology and Its Internet Tools -- App. A. Internet Addresses -- App. B. Domains and Usage -- App. C. Computer Hardware and Software Requirements -- App. D. Nucleic Acid and Amino Acid Codes and Properties.

ISBN

1555811191 (pbk.)

LCCN

96046766

OCLC

• 36037877
• ocm36037877

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries