A computer with access to the Internet
Communication Software
 | A World-Wide-Web Browser such as Netscape (v 4.6+) or Internet Explorer (v5.0+) |
| A VT100 and graphics terminal emulator program |
| An XWindows emulator program |
DATES: |
Tuesday April 3, 2001 - Tuesday June 5, 2001 | ||
TIMES: |
Tuesdays: |
3:00 - 4:30 | |
Thursdays: |
1:00 - 2:30 | ||
LOCATION: |
Bevill Biomedical Research Building Lecture Hall (BBRB 170) | ||
| 845 19th Street South | |||
INSTRUCTOR: |
Elliot Lefkowitz, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology | ||
Office: |
277A BBRB | ||
Phone: |
4-1946 (Voice); 5-5240 (FAX) | ||
E-mail: |
ElliotL@uab.edu | ||
WEB SITE: |
http://genome.microbio.uab.edu/MIC753/ | ||
GCG DOCS: |
http://genome.microbio.uab.edu/GCG/GCG10/gcgmanual.html (See Elliot for the username and password for access) |
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(See Elliot for the username and password for access for these resources)
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Telnet Access: |
gcg.genome.uab.edu |
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SeqWeb – FlatFile: |
http://gcg.genome.uab.edu |
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SeqWeb – RDB: |
http://gcg.genome.uab.edu:90 |
| SeqStore Access: | http://gcg.genome.uab.edu:8050/seqstore_cgi/user_home.cgi |
| A computer with access to the Internet | ||||||
| Communication Software
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Macintosh:
| VT100/Graphics: NCSA Telnet (freeware) |
| VT100/Graphics: VersaTerm Pro (Synergy Software $195) |
| XWindows: eXodus (Powerlan Software $149) |
Windows PC:
| VT100/Graphics: TeraTerm Pro (freeware) |
| VT100/Graphics: SmarTerm Office (Esker
Software) Purchase from Spectrum Systems - $212.50 |
| XWindows: X-Win32 (Starnet Communications Corporation $149; $60 Student license) |
| XWindows: WebTerm X (Powerlan Software $149) |
This is the UNIX Computer of the Molecular and Genetic Bioinformatics Facility at UAB that runs the Genetics Computer Group (GCG) software and maintains the sequence databases.
SYSTEM MANAGER: |
Elliot Lefkowitz |
INTERNET ADDRESS: |
gcg.genome.uab.edu (or analyze.genome.uab.edu) |
All registered students will be provided with computer accounts on analyze. These accounts will be active until completion of the course requirements, and are provided without charge. Those not registered can obtain computer accounts by following instructions on the following web page: http://genome.microbio.uab.edu/GCG/GCGatUAB.htm
(See Elliot for a username and password to access this page.)
GCG Documentation Version 10.1 (UNIX)
User’s Guide
Program Manual
A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins
(Strongly Recommended)
Andreas Baxevanis(Editor), B.F.Francis Ouellette(Editor).
John Wiley & Sons, 1998
Sequence, Structure, and Databanks : A Practical Approach
Des Higgins (Editor), Willie Taylor (Editor).
Oxford Univ Press, 2000
Sequence Analysis Primer
Michael Gribskov and John Devereux (eds.)
Groves Press, 1991
Sequence Analysis in Molecular Biology
Gunnar von Heijne
Academic Press, 1987
Cracking the Genome : Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA
Kevin Davies
Free Press, 2001
Genome
Matt Ridley
Harpercollins, 2000
Molecular Systematics
David M. Hillis and Craig Moritz (eds.)
Sinauer Associates, 1990
MacClade; Analysis of Phylogeny and Character Evolution
Wayne P. Maddison and David R. Maddison
Program and Manual (Macintosh)
Sinauer Associates, 1992
PAUP*; Phylogenetic Analysis Using Parsimony
David L. Swofford
Program and Manual, version 4.0 (Macintosh; UNIX; DOS)
Sinauer Associates
Molecular Evolution: Computer Analysis of Protein and Nucleic Acid Sequences
Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 183, Doolittle, R.F. (ed.)
Academic Press, 1990
Page Last Modified: April 16, 2001