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Current trends in Bioinformatics: An Insight

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. An Insight of Biological Databases Used in Bioinformatics

      • Vaibhav D. Bhatt, Monika Patel, Chaitanya G. Joshi
      Pages 3-25
    3. Bioinformatics in Next-Generation Genome Sequencing

      • Satendra Singh, Anjali Rao, Pallavi Mishra, Arvind Kumar Yadav, Ranjeet Maurya, Sukhdeep Kaur et al.
      Pages 27-38
    4. The Role of Bioinformatics in Epigenetics

      • Budhayash Gautam, Kavita Goswami, Neeti Sanan Mishra, Gulshan Wadhwa, Satendra Singh
      Pages 39-53
    5. Three Dimensional Structures of Carbohydrates and Glycoinformatics: An Overview

      • K. Veluraja, J. Fermin Angelo Selvin, A. Jasmine, T. Hema Thanka Christlet
      Pages 55-87
    6. Epigenome: The Guide to Genomic Expression

      • Ajit Kumar, Gulshan Wadhwa
      Pages 89-103
  3. Bioinformatics Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
    2. Molecular Modeling and Drug Design: A Contemporary Analysis in Vibrio cholerae

      • Mobashar Hussain Urf Turabe Fazil, K. Konda Reddy, Haushila Prasad Pandey, Sunil Kumar
      Pages 107-119
    3. Modelling Polyketide Synthases and Similar Macromolecular Complexes

      • Rohit Farmer, Christopher M. Thomas, Peter J. Winn
      Pages 121-144
    4. In Silico Studies on Colon Cancer

      • Sharad Singh Lodhi, Manish Sinha, Yogesh K. Jaiswal, Gulshan Wadhwa
      Pages 145-158
    5. Tools, Databases, and Applications of Immunoinformatics

      • Namrata Tomar, Rajat K. De
      Pages 159-174
    6. Metabolic Pathway Analysis Employing Bioinformatic Software

      • Soma S. Marla, Neelofar Mirza, K. D. Nadella
      Pages 175-192
    7. The Interactomics of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex

      • Abhijit Datta, Sayak Ganguli
      Pages 193-206
    8. Computational Tools: RNA Interference in Fungal Therapeutics

      • Chakresh Kumar Jain, Gulshan Wadhwa
      Pages 207-225
    9. Genome-Wide Essential Gene Identification in Pathogens

      • Budhayash Gautam, Kavita Goswami, Satendra Singh, Gulshan Wadhwa
      Pages 227-244
    10. Disease Informatics

      • Sayak Ganguli, Abhijit Datta
      Pages 245-261
    11. Development in Malaria and Anemia Screening: Medical Imaging Informatics Approach

      • Dev Kumar Das, Chandan Chakraborty, Rashmi Mukherjee, Ashok K. Maiti
      Pages 263-276
    12. Role of Bioinformatics in Drug Resistance Prediction for HIV/AIDS

      • Jayakanthan Mannu, Premendu P. Mathur
      Pages 277-286
    13. Bioinformatics Approaches for Animal Breeding and Genetics

      • Satendra Singh, Budhayash Gautam, Anjali Rao, Gitanjali Tandon, Sukhdeep Kaur
      Pages 287-306

About this book

This book highlights the latest breakthrough developments in bioinformatics. It presents a series of timely, in-depth reviews, drug clinical trial studies, biodiversity informatics and thematic issues. In addition, it includes insightful reviews on advances in computational molecular/structural biology, which address areas such as computing in biomedicine and genomics, computational proteomics and systems biology, and metabolic pathway engineering. Innovations in these fields have direct impacts on key issues related to healthcare, medicine, genetic disorders, the development of agricultural products, renewable energy, and environmental protection.

Written by respected leaders in the field and covering a wide range of topics involving the integration of biology with computer and information science, the book offers an ideal basis for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It can also be used for self-instruction by research investigators interested in applying bioinformatics-based analytical methods and information technologists working with academic and industrial laboratories.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biotechnology Apex Bioinformatics Centre, Ministry of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India

    Gulshan Wadhwa

  • Department of Bioinformatics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India

    P. Shanmughavel

  • Central Research Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Atul Kumar Singh

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

    Jayesh R. Bellare

About the editors

Dr. Gulshan Wadhwa is currently the Joint Director in the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. He has developed the Bioinformatics program in India (BTISnet) and established teaching & training programmes and a super computing facility in Bioinformatics in India. He has undergone trainings from WIPO, Geneva and NUS, Singapore.

Dr. Jayesh R. Bellare is currently Institute chair Professor and Professor with Chemical Engineering department & Center for Research in NanoTechnology and Science, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai, India. He was a Post Doctoral Fellow, from M.I.T., Cambridge, USA and has over 33 years of experience.

Dr. P. Shanmughavel is currently working as Associate Professor at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India. He has published 7 books in bioinformatics (two books published in Germany), 6 book chapters, 5 conference proceedings and 31 research papers inthe reputed National and International journals in Bioinformatics. He has established the Centre of Bioinformatics-“DBT-BIF” in 2006.

Dr. Atul Kumar Singh is currently working as Senior Scientist at Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi. He has completed his Doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai in Nanotechnology. He has published 11 research papers in the reputed International journals and has 6 patents.


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