| URL: | http://www.infobiogen.fr/services/virgil/home.html |
| Full name: | The new Virgil database |
| Description: | Virgil is a prototype database that contains rich links between GDB genes and Genbank sequences. |
| Year founded: | 1998 |
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Unaccessible
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| Country/Region: | Italy |
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| Major species: |
NA
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| University/Institution: | Joint Research Centre |
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| Country/Region: | Italy |
| Contact name (PI/Team): | F Achard |
| Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): | Frederic.Achard@infobiogen.fr |
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The new Virgil database: a service of rich links. [PMID: 9632829]
MOTIVATION: Links between biological objects are frequently used by researchers in biology. However, many of the links found in public databases are insufficiently documented and difficult to retrieve. Virgil introduces the idea of a rich link, i.e. the link itself and the related pieces of information. Virgil was developed to collect, manage and distribute such links. |