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The ability to perform genome-wide and cross-genome data analyses can dramatically reduce the time required for new biological discoveries. This raises important issues in bioinformatics database research involving data representations and data integration. Essential biodatatypes (biological datatypes such as sequence locations) and tools (such as the popular BLAST sequence alignment tools) are not supported in traditional database systems, which has forced researchers to represent biological knowledge counterintuitively, and implement codes for data operations. This paper introducesBLASTgres, an extension of the PostgreSQL database system, that provides indexable biodatatypes and joinable BLAST alignment.
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Hsiao, RL., Parker, D.S., Yang, Hc. (2005). Support for BioIndexing in BLASTgres. In: Ludäscher, B., Raschid, L. (eds) Data Integration in the Life Sciences. DILS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3615. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11530084_23
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