Characterization of species-specific genes using a flexible, web-based querying system

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-220

  Charlebois, Robert L ^a,b,c,d   Clarke, G D Paul ^a   Beiko, Robert G ^b   St Jean, Andrew ^b  

^a NeuroGadgets Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Genome Atlantic Canada   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microbial evolution; Microbial genomics; NGIBWS; ORFan; Species specific genes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIAL GENOME; DATA BASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOMICS; INTERNET; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASE COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; GENOMICS; INTERNET; OPEN READING FRAMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0642333696     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00512-3     Document Type: Article

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