How do you research molecular biology data in a database? How do you focus a sequence similarity search? How can search results be filtered and interpreted?

This book is a guide for information retrieval in the life sciences, with a focus on molecular biology data. Special attention is given to the databases and resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), with which the author has gained experience through close collaboration. Exercises from laboratory practice illustrate the safe handling of bioscience databases and sequence analysis programs.

A practical reference for anyone looking to work efficiently with the databases and other resources of bioinformatics.