The CAI Analyser Package: Inferring gene expressivity from raw genomic data

In Silico Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 507-526

  Ramazzotti, Matteo ^a   Brilli, Matteo ^a   Fani, Renato ^a   Manao, Giampaolo ^a   Degl'Innocenti, Donatella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Codon Adaptation Index; Gene expressivity; Intergenomic comparison; Program package; Web server

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOINFORMATICS; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; CODON ADAPTATION INDEX ANALYSER PACKAGE; CODON USAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; SEARCH ENGINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNET; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 38949176355     PISSN: 13866338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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