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FINALS - Bioinformatics Flashcards

1
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two sequences are the SAME

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identity

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2
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LINING UP two or more sequences to search for the maximal regions

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alignment

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3
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RELATEDNESS of sequences

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similarity

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4
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FIXED SET of commands

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algorithm

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5
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a SPACE introduced in alignment to compensate for insertions or deletion in one of the sequences being compared

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GAP

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6
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SIMILARITY attributed to descent from a common ancestor

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HOMOLOGY

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7
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the SEQUENCE PRESENTED for comparison

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query

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8
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the genetic sequence DATABASE

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genbank

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9
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number of MATCHES to the query by chance

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e-value

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10
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study on EVOLUTIONARY RELATEDNESS among species by comparing homologies and differences

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phylogenetics

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11
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uses computers to STORE and ANALYZE molecular biological information

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bioinformatics

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12
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about RNA MOLECULES in a living organism

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transcriptomics

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13
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genomes of MICROBES are described within a specific environment

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MICROBIOMICS

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14
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description of the chemical processes involving METABOLITES

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metabolomics

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15
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description of the sequences of the WHOLE GENOME of an organism

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genomics

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16
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description of all the entire complement of PROTEINS

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proteomics

17
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DNA data bank of Japan

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DDBJ

18
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european bioinformatics institute

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EMBL

19
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database from NCBI

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GenBank USA

20
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databases for proteins in Japan

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PDBj

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databases for proteins in Europe

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PDBe

22
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databases for proteins in USA

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RCSB PDB

23
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determines the boundary of an exon and intron of eukaryotic gene

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Ensembl

24
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contain ORIGINAL DATA in the form or primary sequence data or structural data as submitted by the scientific community

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primary databases

25
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contain information that has been processed and DERIVED from teh raw data available in primary database

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secondary databases

26
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COLLECTS and PRESENT data after comparing and filtering them from different primary databases and exhibit only the non-redundant sequences

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composite databases

27
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a way of rearranging sequences of DNA, RNA, or protein to identify REGIONS OF SIMILARITY

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sequence alignment

28
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matching the residues of two sequences across their ENTIRE LENGTH

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global alignment

29
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matching of two sequences from regions which have MORE SIMILARITY WITH EACH OTHER

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local alignment

30
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multiple sequence alignmengt tool that ARRANGES the sequences of dna, rna, or protein to identify REGIONS OF SIMILARITY

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MUSCLE

31
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finds regions of LOCAL SIMILARITY between sequences

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BLAST

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