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Microarrays for an Integrative Genomics

By Isaac S. Kohane , Alvin Kho , Atul J. Butte

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0262612100, 9780262612104
Open Library ID
OL9490656M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18639381 bytes)
Series
Computational Molecular Biology
Pages
241\241
Topic
Medicine
Time added
2009-10-15 16:43:54

Description

Functional genomics—the deconstruction of the genome to determine the biological function of genes and gene interactions—is one of the most fruitful new areas of biology. The growing use of DNA microarrays allows researchers to assess the expression of tens of thousands of genes at a time. This quantitative change has led to qualitative progress in our ability to understand regulatory processes at the cellular level. This book provides a systematic introduction to the use of DNA microarrays as an investigative tool for functional genomics. The presentation is appropriate for readers from biology or bioinformatics. After presenting a framework for the design of microarray-driven functional genomics experiments, the book discusses the foundations for analyzing microarray data sets, genomic data-mining, the creation of standardized nomenclature and data models, clinical applications of functional genomics research, and the future of functional genomics.

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