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The New Avenues in Bioinformatics

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Editors:
  1. Joseph Seckbach

    1. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

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  2. Eitan Rubin

    1. Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE, volume 8)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Opening

    1. Introduction

      Pages 3-4

  3. Overview & Origin of Information

    1. General Overview on Bioinformatics

      • Claude Gaudeau, Philippe Bobola, Frederic Thevot, Yves Lucas, Magali Morin
      Pages 9-20

    2. When and Where did Information First Appear in the Universe?

      • Juan G. Roederer
      Pages 23-37

  4. Biological Biodata, Evolutionary Data & Chirality

    1. Biological Databases—Insights and Trends

      • Manuela Pruess
      Pages 43-55

    2. Bioinformatic Modeling of Transmembrane α-Helical Bundles Based on Evolutionary Data

      • Isaiah T. Arkin, Hadas Leonov
      Pages 59-68

    3. Zipf, Zipping and Melting Points: Entropy and DNA

      • R. D. Lorenz
      Pages 71-80

    4. Biological Chirality

      • Gyula PÁalyi, Claudia Zucchi, Lajos Bencze, Luciano Caglioti
      Pages 83-96

  5. Genes & Genetics

    1. Splice Site Prediction in Eukaryote Genome Sequences

      • Sven Degroeve, Yvan Saeys, Bernard de Baets, Yves Van de Peer, Pierre Rouzé
      Pages 101-111

    2. Object-Oriented Modeling in Genetics

      • Hadi Quesneville, Dominique Anxolabéhère
      Pages 115-134

    3. Postgenomic Challenges in Plant Bioinformatics

      • Hanne Volpin, Hinanit Koltai
      Pages 137-143

    4. Transcriptome Analysis Through Expressed Sequences

      • Hanqing Xie, Raveh Gill-More
      Pages 147-162

  6. Glycoinformatics & Protein Data

    1. Challenges in Glycoinformatics 2003

      • Ofer Markman
      Pages 167-174

    2. The Building Block Approach to Protein Structure Prediction

      • Ron Unger
      Pages 177-188

    3. Protein Fold-Recognition and Experimental Structure Determination

      • Leszek Rychlewski, Janusz M. Bujnicki, Daniel Fischer
      Pages 191-199

    4. Protein Clustering and Classification

      • Ori Sasson, Michal Linial
      Pages 203-226

  7. Education & Legal Aspects

    1. Training at the Bioinformatics Unit of Tel-Aviv University

      • Rachel Kreisberg-Zakarin
      Pages 231-235

    2. Patenting of Inventions in the Field of Bioinformatics

      • Mark P. W. Einerhand, Johannes Van Melle
      Pages 239-254

  8. Additional Links

    1. Associating COMT with Schizophrenia

      • Benny Yakir
      Pages 259-271

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 273-281
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About this book

Bioinformatics has ignited the imagination of scientists, entrepreneurs and the general public. At the meeting place of two fast growth disciplines, biology and computer science Bioinformatics is one of the cornerstones of the new biology. It is clearly pivotal to the translation of high throughput projects such the human genome project into useful knowledge. Yet despite all this attention, there is no consensus on what exactly is Bioinformatics. There are several canonical topics, such as gene structure prediction, protein functional classification or structure prediction. The present book explores new frontiers in bioinformatics, such as Glycomics or the computational modeling of genetic processes. We also discuss confounding factors that we find crucial to the development of the field, such as the ability to protect and restrict intellectual property in the field, or the challenges involved in educating bioinformatics users. Finally, we touch upon some fundamental questions, such as what information is and how it is captured in biological systems. By bringing to the readers such a broad spectrum of reviews, we hope to capture the vibrant spirit of this young science and to truly represent the fast pace with which it is still developing.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Joseph Seckbach

  • Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Eitan Rubin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The New Avenues in Bioinformatics

  • Editors: Joseph Seckbach, Eitan Rubin

  • Series Title: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2834-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-2639-3Published: 16 February 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6694-7Published: 22 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-2834-2Published: 12 November 2007

  • Series ISSN: 1566-0400

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0048

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 281

  • Topics: Bioinformatics

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