Genomic signatures in microbes - Properties and applications

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bohlin, Jon ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genomics signatures; Microbes; Nonhomologous DNA sequence comparisons; Pathogenicity islands

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; GENOMIC DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; THYMINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CODON; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER MODEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME; TAXONOMY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79954996178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2011.70     Document Type: Short Survey

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