Advances in the technologies and informatics used to generate and process large biological
data sets (omics data) are promoting a critical shift in the study of biomedical sciences. While …

The human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family consists of four members that
belong to the ErbB lineage of proteins (ErbB1–4). These receptors consist of a glycosylated …

Modern taxonomy has developed towards the establishment of global authoritative lists of
species that assume the standardized principles of species recognition, at least in a given …

Standardized gene naming is crucial for effective communication about genes, and as
genomics becomes increasingly important in health care, the need for a consistent language …

IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system®(http://www. imgt. org) is the
global reference in immunogenetics and immunoinformatics. By its creation in 1989 by …

About 2000 completely sequenced mitochondrial genomes are available from the NCBI
RefSeq data base together with manually curated annotations of their protein-coding genes …

This book provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process, from the ethics
of authorship to the word choice that best reduces bias in language. Well-known for its …

Making sense of rapidly evolving evidence on genetic associations is crucial to making
genuine advances in human genomics and the eventual integration of this information in the …

Abstract IMGT/V-QUEST is the highly customized and integrated online IMGT® tool for the
standardized analysis of the immunoglobulin (IG) or antibody and T cell receptor (TR) …

Objectives Completion of both the mouse and human genome sequences in the private and
public sectors has prompted comparison between the two species at multiple levels. This …