Abundant human DNA contamination identified in non-primate genome databases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Longo, Mark S ^a   O'Neill, Michael J ^a   O'Neill, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUY SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENOME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; MAIZE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PSEUDOMONAS; STANDARD;

BACILLUS CEREUS; DANIO RERIO; PRIMATES; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA CONTAMINATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951881661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016410     Document Type: Article

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