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. 2009 Jun:Chapter 14:14.9.1-14.9.20.
doi: 10.1002/0471250953.bi1409s26.

ChEBI: an open bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource

Kirill Degtyarenko  1 , Janna Hastings  1 , Paula de Matos  1 , Marcus Ennis  1
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ChEBI: an open bioinformatics and cheminformatics resource

Kirill Degtyarenko et al. Curr Protoc Bioinformatics. 2009 Jun.

Abstract

Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) is a freely available dictionary of molecular entities focused on "small" chemical compounds. This unit provides a detailed guide to browsing, searching, downloading, and programmatic access to the ChEBI database.

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Literature Cited

References
    1. Côté, R.G., Jones, P., Apweiler, R., and Hermjakob, H. 2006. The ontology lookup service, a lightweight cross-platform tool for controlled vocabulary queries. BMC Bioinformatics 7:97.
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    1. Degtyarenko, K., de Matos, P., Ennis, M., Hastings, J., Zbinden, M., McNaught, A., Alcántara, R., Darsow, M., Guedj, M., and Ashburner, M. 2008. ChEBI: A database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucl. Acids Res. 36:D344-D350.
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Key References
    1. Degtyarenko et al., 2008. See above.
    1. Kochev et al., 2003. See above.
Internet Resources
    1. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/
    1. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/faqForward.do
    1. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/userManualForward.do
    1. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/tutorialForward.do
    1. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/annotationManualForward.do

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