1. Introduction to the Special Issue on Bioinformatics

   • David Gilbert
   • Rolf Backofen
   • Roland H. C. Yap

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 139 - 139

2. Bioinformatics and Constraints

   • Rolf Backofen
   • David Gilbert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 156

3. Parametric Sequence Alignment with Constraints

   • Roland H. C. Yap

   OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 172

4. A Constraint Based Structure Description Language for Biosequences

   • Ingvar Eidhammer
   • Inge Jonassen
   • Madu Ratnayake

   OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 200

5. RNA Secondary Structure Determination and Representation Based on Constraints Satisfaction

   • Christine Gaspin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 221

6. The Protein Structure Prediction Problem: A Constraint Optimization Approach using a New Lower Bound

   • Rolf Backofen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 255

7. A Constraint-Based Approach for Deriving 3-D Structures of Cyclic Polypeptides

   • Robert Rodošek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 269

8. Genetic Threading

   • J. Yadgari
   • A. Amir
   • R. Unger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 292