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Volume 16 Supplement 5

Selected articles from the 10th International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA-14): Bioinformatics

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Edited by Min Li, Jianxin Wang and Fangxiang Wu

Publication of this supplement has not been supported by sponsorship. Information about the source of funding for publication charges can be found in the individual articles. Articles have been through the journal's standard peer review process. The Supplement Editors declare that they have no competing interests.

10th International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA-14).

Zhangjiajie, China28-30 June 2014

Image from Sun et al., BMC Bioinformatics 2015, 16(Suppl 5):S1.

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