The Bioinformatics Core, which is part of JCSG, directs target selection, informatics, and validation. A major goal of human genome research is to identify all of the coding protein sequences, its biological function, and association with molecular diseases. This goal requires correlating protein sequences with structure and function. Unfortunately, there are only a few thousand unique protein structures that are known, compared to well over 100,000 gene sequences.
The major institutions that form the Bioinformatics Core include the
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San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the |
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