RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Age of 'Omes
JF Science's STKE
JO Sci. STKE
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP tw2
OP tw2
DO 10.1126/stke.2001.70.tw2
VO 2001
IS 70
YR 2001
UL http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/2001/70/tw2.abstract
AB The Genomic Age is upon us. Vidal discusses strategies for using genomic information to change how scientific questions are addressed. He suggests that data from expression profiling, structural and biochemical genomics, protein interaction mapping, protein localization studies, and global gene knockout analysis need to be integrated into functional maps, and these should be organized into a biological atlas analogous to geographical maps and atlases. He emphasizes that the information needs to be available to all researchers along with tools to aid in the analysis. His view is very positive, yet still presents the pitfalls of global approaches to biological questions. M. Vidal, A biological atlas of functional maps. Cell 104, 333-339 (2001). [Online Journal]