Bioinformatics resources for cancer research with an emphasis on gene function and structure prediction tools

Cancer Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 25-35

  Kihara, Daisuke ^a,b   Yang, Yifeng David ^a   Hawkins, Troy ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics tools; Gene function prediction; Microarray data management software; Microarray data repository; Protein structure prediction; Protein protein interaction database

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CANCER RESEARCH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RESOURCE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; ARTICLE; PREDICTION; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 33744952477     PISSN: 11769351     EISSN: 11769351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/117693510600200020     Document Type: Review

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