Automatic identification of species-specific repetitive DNA sequences and their utilization for detecting microbial organisms

Bioinformatics

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1349-1355

  Koressaar, Triinu ^a   Jõers, Kai ^b   Remm, Maido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Quattromed HTI Laborid   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENOME ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65649098025     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp241     Document Type: Article

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