Metagenomics – Definition, origin and uses
What is metagenomics? “Metagenome” used by Handelsman et al., in 1998 to describe “collective genomes of soil microflora” Metagenomics is…
Bioinformatics, Genomics, Proteomics and Transcriptomics
What is metagenomics? “Metagenome” used by Handelsman et al., in 1998 to describe “collective genomes of soil microflora” Metagenomics is…
Bioinformatic tools are software programs that are designed for extracting the meaningful information from the mass of molecular biology /…
The Database Industry Because of the high rate of data production and the need for researchers to have rapid access…
What is Open Reading Frame (ORF) ? The region of the nucleotide sequences from the start codon (ATG) to the…
The accurate definition of bioinformatics has always been a matter of debate. Although in narrow definition which limits analysis of…
INTRODUCTION Protein motifs are most commonly extracted from an initial multiple sequence alignment, but sometimes the training sequences are not…
What is InterPro? InterPro is an integrative database which was established 10 years prior when the PROSITE, PRINTS, Pfam and…
The English-language neologism omics informally refers to a field of study in biology ending in -omics. Technologies that measure some…
Bioinformatics related Organizations and Associations Associations / Organizations: AAAS American association for the advancement of science AACC American association for…
The list of Bioinformatics courses offered around the world. Reasons for constructing this site are: To show the extent of…