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Bioinformatics: An Introduction for Computer Scientists

Bioinformatics: An Introduction for Computer Scientists
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Publisher: Brandeis University
Number of pages: 37

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The article aims to introduce computer scientists to the new field of bioinformatics. It provides a bird's eye view of the basic concepts in molecular cell biology, outlines the nature of the existing data, and describes the kind of computer algorithms and techniques that are necessary to understand cell behavior.

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