MICdb: Database of prokaryotic microstatellites

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-108

  Sreenu, Vattipally B ^b   Alevoor, Vishwanath ^b   Nagaraju, Javaregowda ^a   Nagarajaram, Hampapathalu A ^b  

^a Lab of Molecular Genetics Center   (India)

^b Bioinformatics Facility   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENBANK; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MICROSATELLITE DATABASE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA PRIMERS; GENOME; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SOFTWARE;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037246879     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg002     Document Type: Review

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