Knowledge sharing and collaboration in translational research, and the DC-THERA directory

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 562-575

  Splendiani, Andrea ^a   Gündel, Michaela ^a   Austyn, Jonathan M ^b   Cavalieri, Duccio ^c   Scognamiglio, Ciro ^a   Brandizi, Marco ^a  

^a IntelliLeaf ltd ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data integration; Escience; Immunology; Ontology; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; SEMANTICS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; SEMANTICS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 82455192411     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbr051     Document Type: Article

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