Mulan: Multiple-sequence local alignment and visualization for studying function and evolution

Genome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 184-194

  Ovcharenko, Ivan ^a   Loots, Gabriela G ^a   Giardine, Belinda M ^b   Hou, Minmei ^b   Ma, Jian ^b   Hardison, Ross C ^b   Stubbs, Lisa ^a   Miller, Webb ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALGORITHM; AMPHIBIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIRD; CHICKEN; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOWL; GALA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; RODENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BINDING SITES; CHICKENS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOFTWARE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 12744253685     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.3007205     Document Type: Article

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