ExPASy: SIB bioinformatics resource portal

作者：Panu Artimo, Murthy V. Jonnalagedda, Konstantin Arnold, Delphine Baratin, Gábor Csárdi, Edouard de Castro, Séverine Duvaud, Volker Flegel, Andrés Fortier, Elisabeth Gasteiger, Aurélien Grosdidier, Céline Hernandez, Vassilios Ioannidis, Dmitry Kuznetsov, Robin Liechti, Sébastien Moretti, Khaled Mostaguir, Nicole Redaschi, Grégoire Rossier, Ioannis Xénarios, Heinz Stockinger · 发表于：Nucleic Acids Research · 年份：2012 · DOI：10.1093/nar/gks400 · 被引用次数：2394 · 研究领域：Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies、Gene expression and cancer classification、Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research

ExPASy (http://www.expasy.org) has worldwide reputation as one of the main bioinformatics resources for proteomics. It has now evolved, becoming an extensible and integrative portal accessing many scientific resources, databases and software tools in different areas of life sciences. Scientists can henceforth access seamlessly a wide range of resources in many different domains, such as proteomics, genomics, phylogeny/evolution, systems biology, population genetics, transcriptomics, etc. The individual resources (databases, web-based and downloadable software tools) are hosted in a 'decentralized' way by different groups of the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and partner institutions. Specifically, a single web portal provides a common entry point to a wide range of resources developed and operated by different SIB groups and external institutions. The portal features a search function across 'selected' resources. Additionally, the availability and usage of resources are monitored. The portal is aimed for both expert users and people who are not familiar with a specific domain in life sciences. The new web interface provides, in particular, visual guidance for newcomers to ExPASy.