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2015-2016 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

CIS 555 - Advanced Bioinformatics

Credits 3
Requirements: Prereqs: CIS 360, 455, or permission of instructorLecture
Advanced coverage of computational approaches used in bioinformatics. The course focuses on algorithmic challenges in analyzing molecular sequences, structures, and functions. It covers the following topics: Sequence comparison, assembly and annotation. Phylogenetic analysis. RNA secondary structure. Protein structure comparison, prediction, and docking. Microarrays, clustering, and classification. Genome, Hapmap, SNPs, and phenotypes. Proteomics and protein identification. Determining protein function and metabolic pathways.
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