Bioinformatics Flashcards

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Bioinformatics is the interface between what class of sciences?

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Molecular biology & computer science

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Bioinformatics focuses on 3 fundamental ideas, which are…?

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  1. Explore
  2. Analyze
  3. Understanding
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What is bioinformatics?

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Utilization of computing methods to explore, organize, analyze, and understand massively large data sets

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The principal molecular database are managed by whom?

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NIH at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

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Your queries for PubMed are used against an index of what?

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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What can you use to search nucleotides or protein databases?

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Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)

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What can you use to find info on SNPs?

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NCBI’s dbSNP

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What program visualizes potential and validated protein interactions?

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STRING

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What database can you use to learn about diseases?

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Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)

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10
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What database can you use to browse genomic content?

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UCSC Genome Browser

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