RECOMBFLOW: A scientific workflow environment for Intragenomic Gene Conversion analysis in bacterial genomes, including the pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes

International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Alhiyafi, Jamal ^a   Sabesan, Cavitha ^a   Lu, Shiyong ^a   Ram, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioinformatics; DNA recombination; Gene conversion; Genomes; IGC; Intragenomic gene conversion; Intragenomic recombination; Scientific workflows; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; RNA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 58149267780     PISSN: 17445485     EISSN: 17445493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBRA.2009.022460     Document Type: Article

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