title: bioTk:componentry for genome informatics graphical user interfaces.
abstract: bioTk is a collection of graphical "widgets" and utilities that support application programming in the domain of bioinformatics. It is intended to establish a framework that encourages the development of communicating window-based applications and flexible, non-modal user interaction. The current release of bioTk has domain-specific widgets for chromosome ideogram displays, genome maps, and scrolling sequence windows.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 191044-6145, USA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Searls
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003196:Computer Graphics; D016678:Genome; D007254:Information Science; D008490:Medical Informatics; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface