Know your limits: Assumptions, constraints and interpretation in systems biology

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1794, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1280-1287

  Ilsley, Garth R ^a   Luscombe, Nicholas M ^a,b   Apweiler, Rolf ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Functional genomics; Metadata; Standards; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CELL POPULATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 69449083202     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.05.002     Document Type: Review

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