Signal Processing Problems in Genomics Mohammad Al Bataineh Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL
Why is genomics interesting for the signal processing person? Because there are sequences there! OK, what sort of sequences? 1. Sequences from an alphabet of size four: … ATTCGAAGATTTCAACGGGAAAA … DNA 2. Sequences from an alphabet of size twenty: AACWYDEFGHIKLMNPQRSTVAPPQR Protein
Size-4 alphabet: A, C, T, G: bases (also called or nucleotides) DNA sequences (genomes) are made of these. Genes are parts of DNA, and are 4-letter sequences. Adenine Thymine Cytosine Guanine or Uracil (in RNA) DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid RNA:ribonucleic acid