Its concept, classification, application and some main databases are introduced, and it is forecasted that bioinformatics is on the eve of a giant science development.

• 介绍生物信息学的概念、分类、应用和重要的生物信息学数据库 ,并对生物信息学的发展进行展望 ,指出生物信息学正处在科学发展的前夜。