WikiPathways: Pathway Editing for the People
PLoS BiologyPublished 16 July 2008Open access
Alexander R. Pico, Thomas Kelder, Martijn van Iersel, Kristina Hanspers, Bruce R. Conklin, Chris T. Evelo
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WikiPathways provides a collaborative platform for creating, updating, and sharing pathway diagrams and serves as an example of content curation by the biology community.
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WikiPathways provides a collaborative platform for creating, updating, and sharing pathway diagrams and serves as an example of content curation by the biology community.
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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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