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CSCI 177 - Introduction to Bioinformatics

Simha

Credits: 3

This course will provide a broad introduction to the area of bioinformatics. Topics include: biochemistry overview, databases, the alignment problem, proteins and protein structure-function, introductory phylogenetics, and use of public databases May be taken for graduate credit.

Website: http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~simhaweb/cs177

Potential Text: S.M.Brown. Bioinformatics: A Biologist's Guide to Biocomputing and the Internet. Eaton Publishin

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. (No programming courses are needed as prerequisite. Basic intro biology is required, some exposure to molecular biology will be helpful but not required).

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