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    Trends Biotechnol. 2008 Apr;26(4):190-200. Epub 2008 Feb 21.

    Computer-aided biotechnology: from immuno-informatics to reverse vaccinology.

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    Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

    Abstract

    Genome sequences from many organisms, including humans, have been completed, and high-throughput analyses have produced burgeoning volumes of 'omics' data. Bioinformatics is crucial for the management and analysis of such data and is increasingly used to accelerate progress in a wide variety of large-scale and object-specific functional analyses. Refined algorithms enable biotechnologists to follow 'computer-aided strategies' based on experiments driven by high-confidence predictions. In order to address compound problems, current efforts in immuno-informatics and reverse vaccinology are aimed at developing and tuning integrative approaches and user-friendly, automated bioinformatics environments. This will herald a move to 'computer-aided biotechnology': smart projects in which time-consuming and expensive large-scale experimental approaches are progressively replaced by prediction-driven investigations.

    PMID:
    18291542
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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