Bioinformatics

Question 1

STRING

Answer 1

database predicts protein - protein interactions

gives evidence

Question 2

PUBMED

Answer 2

published papers

Question 3

OMIM

Answer 3

database for genetic diseases, genes, loci,phenotypes etc

Question 4

OMIM stands for

Answer 4

online mendelian inheritance in man

Question 5

UCSC university of cali santa cruz

Answer 5

genome browser - sequence files
genomic
mRNA
protein

Question 6

BLAST

Answer 6

similarities between genes and what organisms
in 100 residues 25% identical most likely related
15-25% maybe be more info needed
<15% not related

Question 7

BLAST stands for

Answer 7

basic local alignment search tool

Question 8

BLAST Score S

Expect E value

Answer 8

S - quality of alignment

E - significant of each alignment smaller E better

Question 9

BLAT in UCSC

Answer 9

BLAST like alignment tool

Question 10

In silico PCR tool

Answer 10

put primer sequences in gives you product

Question 11

STRING stands for

Answer 11

search tool for the retrieval of interacting genes/proteins