Genomics

What can you learn from genomics?

• Genome sequencing
  • Claire Frasier's perspective on microbial genomes (President of TIGR)
  • Some examples of microbial genome sequencing projects

• Analysis of genome sequences (Bioinformatics)
  • An online minicourse on molecular sequence analysis
  • An online minicourse on protein modeling
  • Online courses on bioinformatics
  • Genome analysis tools and resources at the NCBI
  • Links to pathways and other databases

• Genetic tricks for dissecting genome sequences
  • Using transposons for functional genomics
  • Using genetic hybrids for functional genomics
  • Using red swaps for functional genomics (pdf)

• Hybridization
  • Subtractive hybridization
  • Use of rRNA hybridization to identify uncultured microbes

• Microarrays (aka "chips")
  • DNA arrays - studing genome content using DNA microarrays
  • DNA arrays - studying gene expression using DNA microarrays

• Proteomics
  • Tools for analyzing proteins
    • Expert Protein Analysis System (Expasy)
    • Protein extraction, description, and analysis tool

Please send comments, suggestions, or questions to smaloy@sciences.sdsu.edu
Last modified November 6, 2003