A Gene Wiki for Community Annotation of Gene Function
Authors:
- Chunlei WuCWChunlei Wu
- Serge BatalovSBSerge Batalov
- Tim J VickersTVTim J Vickers
- Faramarz ValafarFVFaramarz Valafar
- Andrew I SuASAndrew I Su
Open Access
- 8 July 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS Biology
- Vol. 6 (7) , e175
Abstract
This manuscript describes the creation of comprehensive gene wiki, seeded with data from public domain sources, which will enable and encourage community annotation of gene function.Keywords
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