Evaluation of sequence alignments and oligonucleotide probes with respect to three-dimensional structure of ribosomal RNA using ARB software package

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kumar, Yadhu ^a   Westram, Ralf ^a   Kipfer, Peter ^a   Meier, Harald ^a   Ludwig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC INFORMATION; REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENT; STRUCTURAL CONFORMATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); GENES; MOLECULES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROBES; RNA; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERNET; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33746357860     PISSN: 14712105     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-7-240     Document Type: Article

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