Bioinformatics for glycobiology and glycomics: an introduction

Recent advances in sequence determination for complex carbohydrates should lead to the generation of large amounts of data relating to their sequence and structure.áInterpretation of this sequence information will require new bioinformatics tools.á Several groups worldwide are defining the basic principles of how best to encode and store the structures of complex carbohydrates. Theá automated interpretation of experimental data, especially mass spectra, is currently the most active area of research. The availability of comprehensive databases and corresponding bioinformatics tools to access and analyse the data will be a prerequisite for the success of the large-scale glycomics projects that aim to decipher new, so far unknown, biological functions of glycans. Thisbook is the first dedicated to the bioinformatics of carbohydrates and glycoproteins.áIt provides a state of the art overview and demonstrates the value ofbioinformatics for glycobiology, not simply as a review of databases and tools but rather as an introduction to a new branch of glycobiology. Efficient bioinformatics descriptions and tools can considerably enhance the efficiency of glycomics research, in terms of data quality, analysis and experimental costs.The objective of the book is to illustrate ways to use bioinformatics to enhance glycomics data mining and improve glycomics analysis.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-01667-1
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés