Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Genomics and bioinformatics. 3. Proteomics and bioinformatics. 4. CORBA—Java based applications in bioinformatics. 5. New languages of bioinformatics. 6. Computer networking and biological database. 7. Servlet and it's architecture for Internet programming of biological data. 8. Medical image processing. 9. Agriculture system programming: an object oriented paradigm. 10. DNA microarray technology and bioinformatics. 11. Protein microarray technology and bioinformatics. 12. Computer aided drug designing. 13. Tools and software packages used in bioinformatics research. 14. Economic impact of bioinformatics. 15. Ethical and moral consideration of bioinformatics. References. Index.

"Computational biology is an emerging field in both for computer science and biological science, which deals with computational problems in biological fields mainly in genomics and proteomics. This title explains most of the emerging fields of bioinformatics related to genomics, proteomics, medical image processing, DNA microarray, protein microarray, computer aided drug designing, object oriented system programming, economic impact and new languages of bioinformatics." (jacket)