Regulog analysis: Detection of conserved regulatory networks across bacteria: Application to Staphylococcus aureus

Genome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1362-1373

  Alkema, Wynand B L ^a   Lenhard, Boris ^a   Wasserman, Wyeth W ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REGULON; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; REGULON; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 3543068251     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.2242604     Document Type: Article

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