BIRCH - Bioinformatics Resources

Biological Research Computer Hierarchy

BIRCH is

is a comprehensive desktop bioinformatics system integrating many of the commonly-used bioinformatics programs
is a framework of tools, files, and documentation for organizing and managing a bioinformatics core facility
can be customized by seamlessly merging 3rd party applications into BIRCH

BIRCH: A user-oriented, locally-customizable, bioinformatics system
Brian Fristensky
BMC Bioinformatics 2007, 8:54 (9 February 2007)
[Abstract] [ PDF]

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FOR NEW USERS	DOCUMENTATION
BIRCH QUICK INTRO Key concepts Your Unix Desktop Sun Java Desktop First time setup, User's Guide CDE Desktop First time setup, User's Guide Using Unix from Anywhere	Finding information Tutorials File formats Citing the programs that make your work possible Learning Unix FAQ - Frequently-asked Questions Release Notes BIRCH Publications and Presentations BIRCH Administrator's Guide
SOFTWARE	DATABASES
Highlights of selected software applications Programs by Category Programs by Package Program Index U. of M. Applications Software	GenBank (DNA/RNA) Directory: $BIRCH/GenBank ($gb) Release notes: $doc/GenBank/gbrel.txt GenPept - translation of GenBank CDS (protein) features : Directory: $BIRCH/GenPept ($gp) Release notes: ($GP/gprel.txt) ACeDB - Laboratory Database Management

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