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What is Bioinformatics?
A Proposed Definition and Overview of the Field
N. M. Luscombe, D. Greenbaum, M. Gerstein
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Yale University, New Haven, USA




Summary                                                       1. Introduction                                    related to this new field has been surging,
                                                                                                                 and now comprise almost 2% of the
Background: The recent flood of data from genome                                                                 annual total of papers in PubMed.
sequences and functional genomics has given rise to
                                                              Biological data are being produced at a                This unexpected union between the two
new field, bioinformatics, which combines elements
of biology and co
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  • 1. 346 © 2001 Schattauer GmbH What is Bioinformatics? A Proposed Definition and Overview of the Field N. M. Luscombe, D. Greenbaum, M. Gerstein Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Yale University, New Haven, USA Summary 1. Introduction related to this new field has been surging, and now comprise almost 2% of the Background: The recent flood of data from genome annual total of papers in PubMed. sequences and functional genomics has given rise to Biological data are being produced at a This unexpected union between the two new field, bioinformatics, which combines elements of biology and co