Genomic functional annotation using co-evolution profiles of gene clusters

Genome Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Zheng, Yu ^a   Roberts, Richard J ^b   Kasif, Simon ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional Linkage; Gene Cluster; Gene Pair; PhoB; Phylogenetic Profile

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0037057376     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-11-research0060     Document Type: Article

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