On ontologies for biologists: The gene ontology - Untangling the web

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 247, Issue , 2002, Pages 66-83

  Ashburner, Michael ^a   Lewis, Suzanna ^b   Subramaniam, ^c   Noble, ^c   Kanehisa, ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

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ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DATABASES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037805574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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