Searching algorithm for type IV secretion system effectors 1.0: A tool for predicting type IV effectors and exploring their genomic context

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 9218-9229

  Meyer, Damien F ^a   Noroy, Christophe ^a   Moumène, Amal ^a,b   Raffaele, Sylvain ^c   Albina, Emmanuel ^a   Vachiéry, Nathalie ^a  

^a UMR ASTRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOINFORMATICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOME ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL TARGETING SIGNAL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEARCHING ALGORITHM FOR TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM EFFECTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BASE COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84890024915     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt718     Document Type: Article

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