BIGSdb: Scalable analysis of bacterial genome variation at the population level

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jolley, Keith A ^a   Maiden, Martin C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOMES; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BACTERIAL POPULATION; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; SCALABLE ANALYSIS;

BIOINFORMATICS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GENES; NUCLEOTIDES; OPEN SYSTEMS;

SEARCH ENGINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78650827616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-595     Document Type: Article

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