Entrez gene: A gene-centered "information hub"

Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 53-78

  Tennant, Michele ^a   Lyon, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Eskind Biomedical Library   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrez Gene; Genetic information resources; Genetic knowledgebase; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349157747     PISSN: 15424065     EISSN: 15424073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J383v04n03_04     Document Type: Article

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