Metaphors, models and bioinformation

BioSystems

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 155-162

  Paton, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glue; Hierarchy; Interpretation; Liver; Text; Verb

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MODEL;

EID: 0029935636     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(95)01586-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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