Practical Bioinformatics. First edition 2004. Second printing 2007. (Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, Volume 15). 10 col. illustr. 43 b/w illustr. XVII, 265 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Bridges the gap between bioinformaticists and molecular biologists, i.e. the developers and the users of computational methods for biological data. Presents examples of practical applications of the bioinformatics tools in the "daily practice" of an experimental research scientist. Starts out with reviews on computational methods for protein sequence-structure-function analysis, followed by methods that explicitly utilize experimental data routinely obtained in the laboratory to improve the functional preditions. Also comprises a series of examples on how particular applications of different types o fbioinformatics methods in combination with experimental studies to validate the hypotheses have led to important scientific discoveries.