Abbreviations |
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Preface |
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PART 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES AND METHODS |
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1. What is DNA Sequencing? |
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2 | (3) |
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5 | (4) |
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9 | (2) |
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2. Chemical Degradation (Maxam and Gilbert) Method |
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A description of the method |
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11 | (2) |
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13 | (2) |
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3. Chain Termination (Sanger Dideoxy) Method |
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15 | (12) |
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15 | (4) |
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19 | (6) |
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25 | (2) |
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4. Instrumentation and Reagents |
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Getting started - sequencing kits |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (3) |
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29 | (2) |
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Primer design for cycle sequencing |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (3) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (12) |
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Preparing single-stranded DNA templates |
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41 | (5) |
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Preparing double-stranded DNA templates (plasmids) |
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Single-stranded DNA templates from PCR products |
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47 | (2) |
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Large templates (lambda, cosmids, P1) |
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Templates for semi-automated sequencing |
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50 | (1) |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (10) |
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53 | (1) |
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Reading a sequence autoradiogram |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (2) |
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55 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (4) |
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57 | (3) |
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60 | (1) |
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Capillary electrophoresis |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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7. Nonradioactive Methods |
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63 | (18) |
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63 | (1) |
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Semi-automated sequencers |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (6) |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (1) |
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Optimizing sequencing on the ABI 377 |
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71 | (4) |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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Template and primer concentrations |
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74 | (1) |
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Removing unincorporated label |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (2) |
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Better electrophoretic resolution |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (3) |
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81 | (8) |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (2) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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Sequencing near to the primer |
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85 | (1) |
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Incorrect dNTP incorporation |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (2) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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PART 2: APPLICATIONS |
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9. Confirmatory Sequencing |
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89 | (8) |
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89 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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Sequencing allelic variants |
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90 | (1) |
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Alternatives to DNA sequencing |
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91 | (5) |
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Using restriction endonucleases |
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91 | (1) |
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Using oligonucleotide hybridization |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (1) |
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10. Sequencing PCR Products |
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97 | (14) |
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97 | (2) |
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Sequence information from PCR products |
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99 | (2) |
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Sequence analysis of PCR products |
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99 | (1) |
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Fidelity of other polymerases |
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100 | (1) |
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Mutant detection by sequencing PCR products |
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101 | (7) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (2) |
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Confirming the presence of heterozygotes |
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107 | (1) |
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Sequencing methylated DNA |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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11. Strategies for New Sequence Determination |
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111 | (14) |
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111 | (1) |
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Directed versus nondirected strategies |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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Restriction endonuclease digestion and subcloning |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (1) |
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Frequently cutting restriction endonucleases |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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Transposon-facilitated sequencing |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (5) |
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Exonuclease digests too fast or too slow |
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120 | (1) |
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DNA is completely degraded by exonuclease |
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121 | (1) |
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Difficulty in cloning deletion products |
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121 | (1) |
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Deletions using γδ transposon |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
PART 3: SEQUENCE ANALYSIS |
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12. Introduction to Bioinformatics and the Internet |
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125 | (8) |
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125 | (1) |
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Bioinformatics is a knowledge-based theoretical discipline |
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125 | (1) |
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Access to bioinformatics tools |
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126 | (1) |
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Getting access to tools on the Web |
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126 | (1) |
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Navigating the Web - or how do I find what I want? |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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Accessing remote computers to get useful software - anonymous ftp |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (12) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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Protein sequence databases |
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135 | (2) |
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Protein structure databases |
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137 | (1) |
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Primary sequence database annotation |
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138 | (3) |
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Information retrieval systems |
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141 | (1) |
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Submitting a sequence to a database |
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142 | (3) |
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14. Sequence Alignment and Database Searches |
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145 | (14) |
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145 | (1) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (1) |
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Pairwise sequence alignments |
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148 | (1) |
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Multiple sequence alignments |
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149 | (1) |
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Comparing sequences against a database |
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150 | (6) |
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When is a hit significant? |
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156 | (1) |
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156 | (3) |
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15. Sequencing Projects and Contig Analysis |
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159 | (8) |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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Removing the sequence vector |
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160 | (1) |
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Removing other cloning sequence artifacts |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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Predicting protein-coding regions |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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Coding regions in genomic DNA |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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Promoters and other DNA control sites |
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165 | (1) |
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RNA secondary structure prediction |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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16. Protein Function Prediction |
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167 | (12) |
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167 | (1) |
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Comparing a protein sequence against a sequence database to determine function |
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167 | (3) |
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Hydrophobicity, transmembrane helices, leader sequences and sorting |
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170 | (1) |
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Calculating hydrophobicity profiles |
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170 | (1) |
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Predicting transmembrane helices |
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170 | (2) |
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Leader sequences and protein localization |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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Comparing a protein sequence against motif and profile databases to determine function |
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173 | (1) |
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Motif databases - PROSITE |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (3) |
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17. Protein Structure Prediction |
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179 | (10) |
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179 | (2) |
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Protein structure resources |
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181 | (1) |
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Secondary structure prediction |
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182 | (1) |
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Tertiary structure prediction |
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183 | (1) |
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Comparison against sequences of known structure |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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Threading algorithms and fold recognition |
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184 | (2) |
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Critical assessment of structure prediction (CASP) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
Appendices |
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189 | (14) |
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189 | (6) |
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Appendix B: Amino acid and nucleotide codes |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (6) |
Index |
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