Codon usage methods for horizontal gene transfer detection generate an abundance of false positive and false negative results

Current Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 639-642

  Friedman, Robert ^a   Ely, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CAULOBACTER SEGNIS; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM CHLOROMETHANICUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; METHYLOBACTERIUM POPULI; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAULOBACTER; CODON; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; METHYLOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84867641097     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-012-0205-5     Document Type: Article

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