A high-throughput DNA sequence aligner for microbial ecology studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Schloss, Patrick D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; REFERENCE DATABASE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77949495216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008230     Document Type: Article

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