Bioinformatics visualization and integration with open standards: The Bluejay genomic browser

In Silico Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-198

  Turinsky, Andrei L ^a   Ah Seng, Andrew C ^a   Gordon, Paul M K ^a   Stromer, Julie N ^a   Taschuk, Morgan L ^a   Xu, Emily W ^a   Sensen, Christoph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; BioMOBY web services; Bluejay; eXtensible Markup Language (XML); Java ; Open standards; Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG); Visualization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, GENETIC; INTERNET; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 22144484880     PISSN: 13866338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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