Computational biology in Costa Rica: The role of a small country in the global context of bioinformatics

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Moreno, Edgardo ^a   Lomonte, Bruno ^b   Gutiérrez, José María ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COSTA RICA; GLOBAL CONTEXT;

BIOINFORMATICS;

DNA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANNONA; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; BRUCELLA; COSTA RICA; DENGUE; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SNAKE; YELLOW FEVER; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COSTA RICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENOMICS; INTERNATIONALITY;

EID: 41849123063     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000040     Document Type: Review

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