The Internet has become increasingly important to life sciences research, both because of the use of e-mail, newsgroups, and websites for communication and information exchange and because of increasing availability of software and online biological databases. Cabibbo (biology, U. of Rome, Italy), Grant (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK), and Helmer-Citterich (biology, U. of Rome) aim to cover both of these aspects, beginning with chapters on selecting the right computer, personal internet security, designing and building a web page, and using search engines and PubMed effectively before discussing more strictly biological issues such as online tools for basic sequence manipulation and restriction analysis, browser-based DNA sequence evaluation, genomics and bioinformatics, and gene expression analysis by microarray. They conclude with discussions of e-mail management, file exchange, and newsgroups and a list of Internet addresses pointing to other resources. Distributed in the US by Taylor & Francis. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This book is an indispensable manual packed with essential information on the use, purpose and future potential of all relevant resources. An essential book for all bioscience laboratories. mailing lists and discussion groups to sequence search facilities, primer design software and genome databases. An essential book for all bioscience laboratories.
