Is there a twelfth protein-coding gene in the genome of influenza a? a selection-based approach to the detection of overlapping genes in closely related sequences

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 305-315

  Sabath, Niv ^a,b   Morris, Jeffrey S ^c   Graur, Dan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene discovery; Influenza A; Overlapping genes

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME;

ALGORITHMS; GENES, OVERLAPPING; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; READING FRAMES; SELECTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

EID: 84864374500     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-011-9477-9     Document Type: Article

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