Models for financial sustainability of biological databases and resources

Database

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chandras, Christina ^a   Weaver, Thomas ^b   Zouberakis, Michael ^a   Smedley, Damian ^c   Schughart, Klaus ^d   Rosenthal, Nadia ^e   Hancock, John M ^f   Kollias, George ^a   Schofield, Paul N ^g   Aidinis, Vassilis ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER ALEXANDER FLEMING   (Greece)

^b Medical Research Council Harwell Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^f MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84908086129     PISSN: 17580463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/database/bap017     Document Type: Article

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