Concise Dictionary of Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary approach requiring Computer Science, Mathematics, Information technology, and Biophysics with a functional understanding of the biological field. The field encompasses three broad areas like Genomics and sequence analysis, Drug Designing and Molecular Modelling and protein studies. The current book aims in providing a systematic overview of different terminologies which come across in this field. The terms described in this book are written in a simplified language with clear cut concept easily understanble by the beginners in Bioinformatics. The main reason for developing this book is to meet the demand of the veer increasing number of universities and Institution offering Bioinformatics, as it is becoming part of their curriculums. As Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary subject, this extensive glossary of terms and abbreviations are drawn from the diverse fields helping the student community to understand the subject thoroughly and getting cleared with the basic concepts in Bioinformatics. The author strongly recommends the use of this book by the student community and teaching fraternity.