Book description
Structural Bioinformatics
was the first major effort to show the application of the principles
and basic knowledge of the larger field of bioinformatics to questions
focusing on macromolecular structure, such as the prediction of protein
structure and how proteins carry out cellular functions, and how the
application of bioinformatics to these life science issues can improve
healthcare by accelerating drug discovery and development. Designed
primarily as a reference, the first edition nevertheless saw widespread
use as a textbook in graduate and undergraduate university courses
dealing with the theories and associated algorithms, resources, and
tools used in the analysis, prediction, and theoretical underpinnings of
DNA, RNA, and proteins.
This new edition contains not only thorough
updates of the advances in structural bioinformatics since publication
of the first edition, but also features eleven new chapters dealing
with frontier areas of high scientific impact, including: sampling and
search techniques; use of mass spectrometry; genome functional
annotation; and much more.
Offering detailed coverage for practitioners while remaining
accessible to the novice, Structural Bioinformatics, Second
Edition is a valuable resource and an excellent textbook for a
range of readers in the bioinformatics and advanced biology fields.
Praise for the previous edition:
"This book is a gold mine of fundamental and practical
information in an area not previously well represented in book form."
-Biochemistry and Molecular Education
"... destined to become a classic reference work for workers at
all levels in structural bioinformatics...recommended with great
enthusiasm for educators, researchers, and graduate students."
-BAMBED
"...a useful and timely summary of a rapidly expanding field."
-Nature Structural Biology
"...a terrific job in this timely creation of a compilation of
articles that appropriately addresses this issue."
-Briefings in Bioinformatics
