PGD in Bioinformatics, Centre for Information Science and Technology (CIST), Senate Bhavan, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore, 570006, India. Ph: (0821) 415836. E-mail: rdasharathy@yahoo.com; Radhika79@rediffmail.com
The advancement in the field of information technology is gradually revolutionizing the traditional experimental methods and interpretations made in classical biology research. The results are such that even vital fields like the Pharmaceuticals are also influenced by Bioinformatics (Biology with Information Technology). Powerful tools right from storing a sequence (DNA/protein) to analysing and interpreting results are available today. This inturn is bound to reduce the research gestation period and also enhance the accuracy of the results obtained. One of the main reasons for this is the availability of efficient computational tools and relational database management system (RDBMS).
Biological databases, Molecular biology, Data management systems, Sequence analysis, Submission and retrieval of data, Bioinformatics softwares
