Title page -- Foreword -- Editors' Note -- Contents -- Biology and Informatics -- Concepts of Similarity in Bioinformatics -- Comparison of Sequences, Protein 3D Structures and Genomes -- GenBank: The NCBI Nucleotide Sequence Database -- Swiss-Prot: Juggling Between Evolution and Stability -- EMBOSS - A Sequence Analysis Package -- Prediction and Visualization of DNA Structural Properties from Sequence -- Protein Structure and Its Classification -- Macromolecular Structure Databases -- Protein Secondary Structure Prediction: Comparison of Ten Common Prediction Algorithms Using a Neural Network -- Predicting Protein Function and Structure Using Bioinformatics Protocols: A Case Study of the SAND Protein Family -- Industrial Applications of Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics -- Appendix. Student Papers -- Beta-Spectrins and Their Homologues - Comparative Studies and Consensus Sequence Construction -- Bioinformatics - Computational Support for Genome Analysis -- Prediction of Signal Peptides and Signal Anchors of Cytochrome c Nitrite Reductase from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 Using Bioinformatic Tools -- Graph Representations of Oxidative Folding Pathways -- The Application of Bioinformatics Techniques in Genetic Identification and Profiling of Rare Grape Varieties Indigenous to Croatia -- Papaya (Carica papaya) Fruit Ripening I - Pectinmethylesterase (PME) cDNA Cloning and Expression During Fruit Development and Ripening -- Organogenic Nodule Formation in Hop (Humulus lupulus var. Nugget) -- Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Xenobiotic and Estrogen Metabolizing Genes and Breast Cancer Susceptibilty in Turkish Population -- Bioinformatics Approaches in Molecular Systematics: The Case of Silene Section Siphonomorpha Otth (Caryophyllaceae) -- Volume Contributors -- Course Participants -- Author Index.