Addressing the problems with life-science databases for traditional uses and systems biology

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 482-488

  Philippi, Stephan ^a   Köhler, Jacob ^b  

^a University of Koblenz ^*  (Germany)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LICENSING; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 33646890640     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1872     Document Type: Review

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