Bioinformatics: From genome data to biological knowledge

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 675-683

  Andrade, Miguel A ^a   Sander, Chris ^a  

^a EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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VACCINE;

ALGORITHM; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030707764     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80118-8     Document Type: Article

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