PhiSiGns: An online tool to identify signature genes in phages and design PCR primers for examining phage diversity

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dwivedi, Bhakti ^a   Schmieder, Robert ^b   Goldsmith, Dawn B ^a   Edwards, Robert A ^b,c   Breitbart, Mya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS; ITS APPLICATIONS; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; STANDALONE APPLICATIONS; USER-FRIENDLY TOOL;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; DESIGN; TOOLS;

GENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, VIRAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; SOFTWARE; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84857680457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-37     Document Type: Article

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