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. 2006 Summer;3(2):137-43.
doi: 10.1016/j.ddtec.2006.06.002.

Overview and comparison of ortholog databases

Andrey Alexeyenko  1 , Julia Lindberg  1 , Asa Pérez-Bercoff  1 , Erik L L Sonnhammer  2
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Overview and comparison of ortholog databases

Andrey Alexeyenko et al. Drug Discov Today Technol. 2006 Summer.

Abstract

Orthologs are an indispensable bridge to transfer biological knowledge between species, from protein annotations to sophisticated disease models. However, orthology assignment is not trivial. A large number of resources now exist, each with its own idiosyncrasies. The goal of this review is to compare their contents and clarify which database is most suited for a certain task.:

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