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Primary organization of biological sequences
Authors: Nikolaou, Christoforos
Chouvardas, Panagiotis
Reviewer: Bagkos, Panteleimon
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Abstract:
In the previous chapter, we examined the properties of biological sequences, focusing on their composition and treating them as sets of symbols. However, one of the basic properties of all biological sequences is their organization in terms of the order of their structural elements, which we call primary structure. In this chapter, we move on to problems related to the sequence of residues in biological sequences and ways to analyze it. The basic biological question around which the chapter is structured is the distinction of sequences based on their functionality. At the biological level, we examine concepts such as residue co-occurrences in biological sequences (why some nucleotides or amino acids tend to appear in direct succession and others do not) as well as more general characteristic properties of primary sequence organization. The basic mathematical concept associated with residue succession and the study of their co-occurrences is that of conditional probability, which is presented below in the context of the description of complex conditional probabilities, with reference to Bayes' rule and its significance. In the second part of the chapter, we introduce Markov models as one of the basic computational tools for analyzing the primary structure of sequences and present in detail the relevant algorithms for modeling biological sequences as Markov stochastic processes. By the end of this chapter, you should be able to: Understand concepts such as independence of events and conditional probability. Evaluate the diagnostic capability of a methodology based on its sensitivity, using Bayes' rule. Describe a stochastic process using Markov models. Use Markov models to calculate the total probability of a process. Analyze biological sequences using Markov models.
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/1580
Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaou, C., & Chouvardas, P. (2015). Primary organization of biological sequences [Chapter]. In Nikolaou, C., & Chouvardas, P. 2015. Computational Biology [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/1580
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Computational Biology
Number of pages 32
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions