title: Facilities for exploring molecular biology databases on the Web: a comparative study.
abstract: We discuss criteria for evaluating and comparing the main facilities provided by molecular biology databases (MBDs) for exploring (that is, retrieving and interpreting data) on the Web. We use these criteria for examining the facilities supported by typical MBDs such as Genbank, AtDB, GSDB, GDB, and MGD (as of September 5, 1996).
authors.affiliation: Data Management Research and Development Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kosky
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szeto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D019992:Databases as Topic; D005796:Genes; D016678:Genome; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016239:MEDLINE; D051379:Mice; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000379:methods*