Metagenomics approaches in systems microbiology

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 236-255

  Vieites, José M ^a   Guazzaroni, María Eugenia ^b   Beloqui, Ana ^a   Golyshin, Peter N ^c,d   Ferrer, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functioning; Functional networks; Metagenomics; Microbial communities; Systems biology; Systems microbiology

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; CELL COMMUNICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DNA MICROARRAY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; METABOLOMICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 57549094171     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00152.x     Document Type: Review

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