NAST: A multiple sequence alignment server for comparative analysis of 16S rRNA genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue WEB. SERV. ISS., 2006, Pages

  DeSantis, T Z ^a   Hugenholtz, P ^b   Keller, K ^a,d   Brodie, E L ^a   Larsen, N ^c   Piceno, Y M ^a   Phan, R ^a   Andersen, G L ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Danish Genome Institute   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; RNA GENE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALGORITHMS; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; INTERNET; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33747827586     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl244     Document Type: Article

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