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Name: Entrez
ID: m10996
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module is an introduction to performing searches of the NCBI databases using Entrez, the NCBI web-based search and retrieval tool for integrated search results from multiple databases.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: bioinformatics, database, Entrez, GenBank, NCBI, search
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Maintainers: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Latest version: 2.7 (history)
First publication date: Jan 12, 2003 12:00 am US/Central
Last revision to module: Feb 21, 2006 3:32 pm US/Central
Module XML: m10996_2.7.cnxml

Version History

Version: 2.7 Feb 21, 2006 3:32 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
Minor rewording - problem 1
Version: 2.6 Jan 11, 2005 2:12 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
minor edits
Version: 2.5 Jan 22, 2004 11:25 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
downloaded a copy
Version: 2.4 Jan 21, 2004 4:04 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
changed M. tuberculosis to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in search string
Version: 2.3 Jan 12, 2004 12:36 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
updated to cnxml 0.5
and made changes necessary
to work with the new entrez
search interface
Version: 2.2 Jan 11, 2004 10:55 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
none
Version: 2.1 Jan 24, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Edited out a redundant phrase.
Version: 2.0 Jan 12, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
version 1

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