The Enzyme Portal: A case study in applying user-centred design methods in bioinformatics

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  de Matos, Paula ^a   Cham, Jennifer A ^a   Cao, Hong ^b   Alcántara, Rafael ^a   Rowland, Francis ^a   Lopez, Rodrigo ^a   Steinbeck, Christoph ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b European Research Council   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D protein structure; Biological pathways; Card sorting; Design; Enzyme; Enzyme portal; Implementation; Personae; Prototyping; Usability testing; User experience; User profiles; User requirements; User centered design (USA spelling); User centred design

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS; CARD-SORTING; IMPLEMENTATION; PERSONAE; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; USABILITY TESTING; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; USER CENTRED DESIGN; USER EXPERIENCE; USER PROFILE; USER REQUIREMENTS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BIOINFORMATICS; DESIGN; ENZYMES; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SORTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; USER INTERFACES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ENZYME;

BIOLOGY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN DATABASE; WORKFLOW;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ENZYMES; INTERNET; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84875062521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-103     Document Type: Article

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