YACOP: Enhanced gene prediction obtained by a combination of existing methods

In Silico Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-451

  Tech, Maike ^a,b   Merkl, Rainer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Mikrobiologie und Genetik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene prediction; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BUCHNERA; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROKARYOTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; START CODON; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; CODON, INITIATOR; DATABASES, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOMICS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0842303618     PISSN: 13866338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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