Automated bacterial genome analysis and annotation

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 505-510

  Stothard, Paul ^a   Wishart, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33748714313     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.08.002     Document Type: Review

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