Academic Catalog

BIN506 PROTEIN AND DNA SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

Course Code: 9080506
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(2-2)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Bioinformatics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Assoc.Prof.Dr. YEÞÝM AYDIN SON
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course will cover the methods of DNA and protein sequence analysis in depth including analysis of homology, identification of motifs and domains, pair-wise and multiple alignments, and statistical significance of sequence alignments. The course will also cover sequence and motif databases such as GeneBank, SwissProt, Protiste, and Pfam.