@article{Backofen:Gilbert:_bioinfo_and_constr:Constraints2001,
  author = 	 {Rolf Backofen and David Gilbert},
  title = 	 {Bioinformatics and Constraints}, 
  journal =      {Constraints},
  year = 	 2001,
  volume =       6,
  pages =        {141-156},
  abstract =     {This article introduces the topic of bioinformatics to an
audience of computer scientists. We discuss the definition of
bioinformatics, give a classification of the problem areas which
bioinformatics addresses, and illustrate these in detail with
examples. We highlight those areas which we believe to be suitable
for the application of constraint solving techniques, or where
similar techniques are already used. Finally, we give some advice for
computer scientists who are considering getting involved in
bioinformatics, and provide a resource list and a reading list.

Keywords: bioinformatics, computational biology, molecular biology,
constraints, databases, algorithms, classification, alignment,
comparison, patterns, genome, DNA, RNA, proteins, metabolic pathways,
regulatory networks, phylogenetic trees},
  user = {will}
}