Genome annotation past, present, and future: How to define an ORF at each locus

Genome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1777-1786

  Brent, Michael R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENOME; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; FORECASTING; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 28844443172     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.3866105     Document Type: Review

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