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Science 23 October 1998:
Vol. 282. no. 5389, pp. 659 - 661
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5389.659
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Databases in Genomic Research
William M. Gelbart
Genome-related databases have already become an invaluable part
of the scientific landscape. The role played by these databases will
only increase as the volume and complexity of relevant biology data
rapidly expand. We are far enough into the genome project and into the
development of these databases to assess their attributes and to
reexamine some of the conceptual organizations and approaches they are
taking. It is clear that there are needs for both highly detailed and
simplified database views, the latter being especially needed to make
expert domain data more accessible to nonspecialists.
The author is in the Department of Molecular and Cellular
Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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