Genome analysis / Shwu-Fan Ma -- Two common DNA analysis tools / Blanca Camoretti-Mercado -- Phylogenetic analysis / Shui Qing Ye -- SNP and haplotype analyses / Shui Qing Ye -- Gene expression profiling by microarray / Claudia C. dos Santos, Mingyao Liu -- Gene expression profiling by SAGE / Renu Tuteja -- Regulation of gene expression / Xiao-Lian Zhang, Fang Zheng -- MicroRNoma genomewide profiling by microarray / Chang-gong Liu, Xiuping Liu, George Adrian Calin -- RNAi / Li Qin Zhang -- Proteomic data analysis / Yurong Guo [and others] -- Protein sequence analysis / Jun Wada, Hiroko Tada, Masaharu Seno -- Protein function analysis / Lydie Lane, Yum Lina Yip, Brigitte Boeckmann -- Functional annotation of proteins in murine models / Shui Qing Ye -- Application of programming languages in biology / Hongfang Liu -- Web site and database design / Jerry M. Wright -- Microsoft Excel and Access / Dmitry N. Grigoryev.

An emerging, ever-evolving branch of science, bioinformatics has paved the way for the explosive growth in the distribution of biological information to a variety of biological databases, including the National Center for Biotechnology Information. For growth to continue in this field, biologists must obtain basic computer skills while computer specialists must possess a fundamental understanding of biological problems. Bridging the gap between biology and computer science, Bioinformatics: A Practical Approach assimilates current bioinformatics knowledge and tools relevant to the omics age into one cohesive, concise, and self-contained volume.