The Centralized Model Organism Database

Posted by on Aug 9, 2012 in community-annotation, database, gene ontology, genome biology, GO, long tail | 0 comments This guest post was written by Adriel Carolino, a summer intern who has been spearheading this project to create a Centralized Model Organism Database (CMOD). The recent explosion of metagenomic sequencing has resulted in an immense expanse of microbial genetic information.  Current metagenomic analyses typically revolve around a taxonomic survey — describing what microbial species are...
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Gene Wiki article out today at NAR

Posted by on Nov 11, 2011 in database, Gene Wiki, NAR, publication, sulab | Comments Off The articles for the annual database issue are starting to appear in the NAR collection.  My favorite one this year is, immodestly perhaps, ours about the Gene Wiki!  The simple message here is that the Gene Wiki is continuing to grow and that the content remains very high quality overall.  For more information, the abstract is below, and of course the paper is freely accessible...
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