Making sense of dataKnowledge in a boxThe science of -omes and -omicsThe proteomeSystems biologyThe immunomeDatabases and databanksThe relational databaseThe XML databaseThe protein universeMuch data, many databasesWhat proteins doWhat proteins areThe amino acid worldThe chiral nature of amino acidsNaming the amino acidsThe amino acid alphabetDefining amino acid propertiesSize, charge, and hydrogen bondingHydrophobicity, lipophilicity, and partitioningUnderstanding partitioningCharges, ionization, and pKaMany kinds of propertyMapping the world of sequencesBiological sequence databasesNucleic acid sequence databasesProtein sequence databasesAnnotating databasesText miningOntologiesSecondary sequence databasesOther databasesDatabases in immunologyHost databasesPathogen databasesFunctional immunological databasesComposite, integrated databasesAllergen databasesFurther readingReference