Bio informatics | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

MBC 7202

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Graduate Level

College:

College of Natural Sciences

School:

School of Biological Sciences

Department:

Biochemistry

Course Discipline:

Chemistry

Course Description & Objectives:

This course starts with introduction to Bioinformatic, what it can and why it is now very important. This will be followed by introduction to DNA databases (NCBI, EMBL, DDBJ), Protein databases (GenPept, TrEMBL, Swiss Prot, PIR, ExPasy, SMART, etc). Search tools for data retrieval (Entrenz, DBGET, PubMed), Sequence alignment soft ware programmes (BLAST, FASTA, etc), Sequence alignment types. Main sequence types (mRNA, cDNA, genomic DNA ESTs, GSS) and end with Phylogenic analysis and Structural modelling.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this course learners should be able to;

Define bioinformatics and explain what it can do
Describe the various DNA and Protein databases.
Explain the principles search tools for data retrieval
Explain soft ware programmes available for sequence alignments
Explain the sequence alignment types
Describe the main sequence types.
Explain Phylogenic analysis and structural modelling.

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