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Ranzinger R, Aoki-Kinoshita KF, Campbell MP, Kawano S, Lütteke T, Okuda S, Shinmachi D, Shikanai T, Sawaki H, Toukach P, Matsubara M, Yamada I, Narimatsu H. GlycoRDF: an ontology to standardize glycomics data in RDF. Bioinformatics 2015; 31:919-25. [PMID: 25388145 PMCID: PMC4380026 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Revised: 10/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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MOTIVATION Over the last decades several glycomics-based bioinformatics resources and databases have been created and released to the public. Unfortunately, there is no common standard in the representation of the stored information or a common machine-readable interface allowing bioinformatics groups to easily extract and cross-reference the stored information. RESULTS An international group of bioinformatics experts in the field of glycomics have worked together to create a standard Resource Description Framework (RDF) representation for glycomics data, focused on glycan sequences and related biological source, publications and experimental data. This RDF standard is defined by the GlycoRDF ontology and will be used by database providers to generate common machine-readable exports of the data stored in their databases. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION The ontology, supporting documentation and source code used by database providers to generate standardized RDF are available online (http://www.glycoinfo.org/GlycoRDF/).
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- Rene Ranzinger
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Chiba, Japan, Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Laboratory of Glyco-organic Chemistry, The Noguchi Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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Gotz L, Abrahams JL, Mariethoz J, Rudd PM, Karlsson NG, Packer NH, Campbell MP, Lisacek F. GlycoDigest: a tool for the targeted use of exoglycosidase digestions in glycan structure determination. Bioinformatics 2014; 30:3131-3. [PMID: 25015990 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Sequencing oligosaccharides by exoglycosidases, either sequentially or in an array format, is a powerful tool to unambiguously determine the structure of complex N- and O-link glycans. Here, we introduce GlycoDigest, a tool that simulates exoglycosidase digestion, based on controlled rules acquired from expert knowledge and experimental evidence available in GlycoBase. The tool allows the targeted design of glycosidase enzyme mixtures by allowing researchers to model the action of exoglycosidases, thereby validating and improving the efficiency and accuracy of glycan analysis. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION http://www.glycodigest.org.
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- Lou Gotz
- Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden and Section of Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden and Section of Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden and Section of Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden and Section of Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden and Section of Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden and Section of Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden and Section of Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden and Section of Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland Proteome Informatics Group, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Biomolecular Frontiers Research Centre, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, GlycoScience Group, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden and Section of Biology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Stockinger H, Altenhoff AM, Arnold K, Bairoch A, Bastian F, Bergmann S, Bougueleret L, Bucher P, Delorenzi M, Lane L, Le Mercier P, Lisacek F, Michielin O, Palagi PM, Rougemont J, Schwede T, von Mering C, van Nimwegen E, Walther D, Xenarios I, Zavolan M, Zdobnov EM, Zoete V, Appel RD. Fifteen years SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics: life science databases, tools and support. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:W436-41. [PMID: 24792157 PMCID: PMC4086091 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (www.isb-sib.ch) was created in 1998 as an institution to foster excellence in bioinformatics. It is renowned worldwide for its databases and software tools, such as UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, PROSITE, SWISS-MODEL, STRING, etc, that are all accessible on ExPASy.org, SIB's Bioinformatics Resource Portal. This article provides an overview of the scientific and training resources SIB has consistently been offering to the life science community for more than 15 years.
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- Heinz Stockinger
- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland ETH Zurich, Universitätstr. 6, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland EPFL, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland CHUV, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland EPFL, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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