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A COURSE on
SEQUENCE ANALYSIS
UPF IMIM GRIB HOME COURSES Sequence Analysis
CONTENTS

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. SEQUENCE DATABASES
    • An historical overview.
    • The main databases. Structure and access.
    • The derived databases.
    • Browsing and querying.
  3. SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT AND SEQUENCE SIMILARITY
    • Sequence alignment.
    • Sequence similarity.
    • Optimal global alignment. Dynamic Programming.
    • Substitution matrices.
    • Gap Penalties.
    • Local Alignments.
    • Multiple Alignments.
  4. DATABASE SIMILARITY SEARCHES
    • FASTA
    • BLAST
    • Searching Databases. Practical aspects.
  5. PATTERN RECOGNITION IN BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCES
    • Sequence Patterns.
    • Position Weigth Matrices
    • Identification of functional domains in sequences.
    • Sensitive Similariry Searches.
  6. IN SILICO GENE IDENTIFICATION
    • Coding Statistics.
    • Sequence patterns involved in gene specification.
    • Integration of signals and statisticis for gene prediction.
    • Accuracy of gene predictions.
    • Gene Identification in Genome Projects.
    • Prediction of Promoter Regions.
  7. Books
  8. Documents on the Net
  9. About this Document

BOOKS (rather old)

  • Sequence Analysis in Molecular Biology.
    G.v Heijne. Academic Press (1987)

  • Nucleic Acid and protein sequence analysis.
    M.J.Bishop and C.J.Rawlings, eds. IRL Press (1987)

  • Sequence Analysis Primer.
    M.Gribskov and J.Devereux, eds. W.H.Freeman and Company (1992)

  • Guide to Human Genome Computing.
    M.J.Bishop, ed. Acadmic Press (1994)

  • Automated DNA Sequencing and Analysis.
    M.D.Adams, C. Fields, J.C.Venter, eds. Academic Press (1994)

  • Introduction to Computational Biology.
    M.S. Waterman. Chapman& Hall (1995)

  • Internet for the Molecular Biologist.
    S.R.Swindell, R.R.Miller and G.Myers, eds. Horizon Scientific Press (1996)

DOCUMENTS on the NET

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