GeneE: gene and protein query expansion with disambiguation.
CONCLUSIONS
When referring to genes, authors often use synonyms instead of the official gene symbols. In order to accurately retrieve as many relevant documents as possible, we have developed GeneE, a web application that expands a gene query to include all known synonyms, and adds disambiguation information for ambiguous terms, before forwarding the query to either PubMed, Google or Jane. The query expansion algorithm is also available as a web service.


BACKGROUND
http://biosemantics.org/geneE
Schuemie
Martijn J
MJ
Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. m.schuemie@erasmusmc.nl
Kang
Ning
N
Hekkelman
Maarten L
ML
Kors
Jan A
JA
D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D011506:Proteins / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D039781:PubMed; D009626:Terminology as Topic
D011506:Proteins