Post-genomic informatics

Author: Sun Zhirong
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: The basic genome sequences and gene catalogs of many model organisms have been completed, and more will be completed in the near future. The genome project has now entered a period of rapid harvest. Moreover, new DNA and protein chip technologies can generate functional data, such as gene expression profiles, at a very high speed. As a result, there is a large and continuously growing amount of data about genes and many molecules. However, there remains a gap between molecular-level information and information at the level of entire biological systems. Post-Genomic Informatics extensively discusses this gap. Post-genomic informatics employs methods for analyzing biological functions based on multiple molecular and gene interaction networks, with the goal of understanding how biological systems are organized from individual structural modules. Post-Genomic Organizational Informatics provides an overview of databases and computational techniques related to molecular sequence analysis, offering readers a conceptual framework and practical methods for the computation and representation of molecular networks. Compared to similar books abroad, this book is cutting-edge in the post-genomic era and holds significant scientific importance in advancing the post-genomic era. With the rapid progress of bioinformatics, it will be a rare monograph documenting its development. Target Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students in biology programs at comprehensive universities, medical schools, agricultural and forestry universities, as well as scientific researchers and related professionals at academies of sciences and medical academies.