Computational Methods for Understanding Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes

Gogarten J. Peter

ISBN 10: 1860949827 / ISBN 13: 9781860949821

Verlag: Imperial College Press, 2008

Beschreibung

pp. xix + 473.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 181328791

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Computational Methods for Understanding Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes
• Verlag: Imperial College Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1860949827
• ISBN-13: 9781860949821
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Used

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Inhaltsangabe

Over 500 prokaryotic genomes have been sequenced to date, and thousands more have been planned for the next few years. While these genomic sequence data provide unprecedented opportunities for biologists to study the world of prokaryotes, they also raise extremely challenging issues such as how to decode the rich information encoded in these genomes. This comprehensive volume includes a collection of cohesively written chapters on prokaryotic genomes, their organization and evolution, the information they encode, and the computational approaches needed to derive such information. A comparative view of bacterial and archaeal genomes, and how information is encoded differently in them, is also presented. Combining theoretical discussions and computational techniques, the book serves as a valuable introductory textbook for graduate-level microbial genomics and informatics courses.