Computational tools for the secondary analysis of metabolomics experiments

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages e201301003-

  Booth, Sean C ^a   Weljie, Aalim M ^b   Turner, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational analysis; Functional genomics; Metabolite enrichment; Metabolomics; Software tools; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902176745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20010370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5936/csbj.201301003     Document Type: Review

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