Bioinformatics Flashcards
Bioinformatics is the interface between what class of sciences?
Molecular biology & computer science
Bioinformatics focuses on 3 fundamental ideas, which are…?
- Explore
- Analyze
- Understanding
What is bioinformatics?
Utilization of computing methods to explore, organize, analyze, and understand massively large data sets
The principal molecular database are managed by whom?
NIH at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Your queries for PubMed are used against an index of what?
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
What can you use to search nucleotides or protein databases?
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)
What can you use to find info on SNPs?
NCBI’s dbSNP
What program visualizes potential and validated protein interactions?
STRING
What database can you use to learn about diseases?
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
What database can you use to browse genomic content?
UCSC Genome Browser