With biomedical literature increasing at a rate of several thousand papers per week, it is
impossible to keep abreast of all developments; therefore, automated means to manage the …

Data integration is a perennial issue in bioinformatics, with many systems being developed
and many technologies offered as a panacea for its resolution. The fact that it is still a …

Background Biologists need to perform complex queries, often across a variety of
databases. Typically, each data resource provides an advanced query interface, each of …

Motivation: In silico experiments in bioinformatics involve the co-ordinated use of
computational tools and information repositories. A growing number of these resources are …

Abstract The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR, http://arabidopsis. org) is the model
organism database for the fully sequenced and intensively studied model plant Arabidopsis …

Life sciences research is based on individuals, often with diverse skills, assembled into
research groups. These groups use their specialist expertise to address scientific problems …

Abstract The SOL Genomics Network (SGN; http://sgn. cornell. edu) is a rapidly evolving
comparative resource for the plants of the Solanaceae family, which includes important crop …

FlyMine is a data warehouse that addresses one of the important challenges of modern
biology: how to integrate and make use of the diversity and volume of current biological …

Abstract The Biomolecular Interaction Network Database (BIND)(http://bind. ca) archives
biomolecular interaction, reaction, complex and pathway information. Our aim is to curate …

Abstract myExperiment (http://www. myexperiment. org) is an online research environment
that supports the social sharing of bioinformatics workflows. These workflows are …