Yearb Med Inform 2001; 10(01): 83-100
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638103
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG

What is bioinformatics? An introduction and overview

N.M. Luscombe
1   Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale University New Haven, USA
,
D. Greenbaum
1   Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale University New Haven, USA
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M. Gerstein
1   Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale University New Haven, USA
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Publication Date:
05 March 2018 (online)

 

 
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