Remote data retrieval for bioinformatics applications: An agent migration approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Gao, Lei ^a   Dai, Hua ^b   Zhang, Tong Liang ^c   Chou, Kuo Chen ^d  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tellabs   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT   (China)

^d GORDON LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SECURITY; GENBANK; GENE SEQUENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL;

EID: 79959287087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020949     Document Type: Article

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