Sequence-based functional annotation: what if most of the genes are unique to a genome?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 225-229

  Salavati, Reza ^a,b   Najafabadi, Hamed Shateri ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TROPICAL DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; BIOLOGY; CODON; GENETICS; KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CODON; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EID: 77649314202     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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