Computational identification of operons in microbial genomes

Genome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1221-1230

  Zheng, Yu ^a   Szustakowski, Joseph D ^b   Fortnow, Lance ^c   Roberts, Richard J ^d   Kasif, Simon ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PREDICTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOSS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOME ANALYSIS; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; METHODOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; OPERON;

EID: 0036676469     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.200602     Document Type: Article

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