The European Bioinformatics Institute’s data resources

@article{Brooksbank2010TheEB,
  title={The European Bioinformatics Institute’s data resources},
  author={Cath Brooksbank and Graham Cameron and Janet M. Thornton},
  journal={Nucleic Acids Research},
  year={2010},
  volume={38},
  pages={D17 - D25}
}
The wide uptake of next-generation sequencing and other ultra-high throughput technologies by life scientists with a diverse range of interests, spanning fundamental biological research, medicine, agriculture and environmental science, has led to unprecedented growth in the amount of data generated. It has also put the need for unrestricted access to biological data at the centre of biology. The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is unique in Europe and is one of only two… 
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