Bioinformatics Methods and Protocols

GCG: the wisconsin package of sequence analysis programs (D. D. Womble). Web-based interfaces for the GCG sequence analysis programs (D. D. Womble). Omiga: a PC-based sequence analysis tool (J. A. Kramer). MacVector: integrated sequence analysis for the macintosh (P. A. Rastogi). DNASTAR's lasergene sequence analysis software (T. G. Burland). Pep tool and gene tool: platform-independent tools for biological sequence analysis (D. S. Wishart, P. Stothard, G. H. Van Domselaar). The staden package, 1998 (R. Staden, K. F. Beal, J. K. Bonfield). Building a multiuser sequence analysis facility using freeware (B. Fristensky). Free software in molecular biology for macintosh and MS windows computers (D. Gilbert). Flexible sequence similarity searching with the FASTA3 program package (W. R. Pearson). The use of CLUSTAL W and CLUSTAL X for multiple sequence alignment (A. Aiyar). Phylogenetic analysis using PHYLIP (J. D. Retief). Annotating sequence data using genotator (N. L. Harris). Low cost gel analysis (J. A. Reidler). Computer resources for the clinical and molecular geneticist (Y. Yaron, A. Orr-urtreger). The NCBI: publicly available tools and resources on the web (J. P. Jenuth). Resources at EBI (P. Rodriguez-Tomé). Computer-assisted analysis of transcription control regions: matlnspector and other programs (T. Werner). Computational approaches for gene identification (Gautam B. Singh). Primer3 on the WWW for general users and for biologist programmers (S. Rozen, H. Skaletsky). Using the WWW to supply the molecular biology lab (M. labant, R. Anderson). Network computing: restructuring how scientists use computers and what we get out of them (B. Fristensky). Computing with DNA (L. kari, L. F. Landweber). Detecting biological patterns: the integration of databases, models, and algorithms (G. B. Singh). Design and implementation of an introductory course for computer applications in molecular biology and genetics (S. A. krawetz). The virtual library I: searching MEDLINE (K. Reavie). The virtual library II: science citation index and current awareness services (K. Reavie). The virtual library III: electronic journals, grants, and funding information (K. Reavie). Index.