A Novel Computational Method Identifies Intra- and Inter-Species Recombination Events in Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Sanguinetti, Lisa ^a,b   Toti, Simona ^c   Reguzzi, Valerio ^a   Bagnoli, Fabio ^a   Donati, Claudio ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BACTERIAL GENOMES; COMPARATIVE SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DNA SEQUENCING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LARGE-SCALES; RECOMBINATION EVENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84866934047     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002668     Document Type: Article

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