Structural Bioinformatics: An Algorithmic Approach

Description

Showcasing the beauty of protein structures, this practical text illustrates how to apply key algorithms to solve problems related to macromolecular structure. It emphasizes a methodology that uses mathematical models to act as links between structural biology and computational algorithms. The author shows that protein structure can produce symmetry and beauty as well as biological function. He also gives many examples of dynamic programming applications, including RNA secondary structure prediction and protein sequence alignment. The text includes problems throughout, exercises at the end of each chapter and a 12-page color insert.