The Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) System: A Case Study in Biological Data Management
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Biological data management includes the traditional areas of data generation, acquisition, modelling, integration, and analysis. Although numerous academic biological data management systems are currently available, employing them effectively remains a significant challenge. We discuss how this challenge was addressed in the course of developing the Integrated Microbial Genomes (IMG) system for comparative analysis of microbial genome data.
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