MGcV: The microbial genomic context viewer for comparative genome analysis

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Overmars, Lex ^a,b,c   Kerkhoven, Robert ^a   Siezen, Roland J ^a,c,d   Francke, Christof ^a,b,c,e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS BIOINFORMATICS CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d Microbial Bioinformatics   (Netherlands)

^e CFLSc   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Function annotation; Genome visualization; Network reconstruction; Regulatory element; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WEB BROWSER;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (U.S.); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SOFTWARE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84875551750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-209     Document Type: Article

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