Interactive exploration of integrated biological datasets using context-sensitive workflows

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Horn, Fabian ^a   Rittweger, Martin ^a   Taubert, Jan ^b   Lysenko, Artem ^b   Rawlings, Christopher ^b   Guthke, Reinhard ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Customizable workflow; Data integration; Data visualization; Exploratory analysis; Gold standard; Information network; Ondex

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA INTEGRATION; DATA VISUALIZATION; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84897740390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00021     Document Type: Article

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