A comparative hidden Markov model analysis pipeline identifies proteins characteristic of cereal-infecting fungi

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sperschneider, Jana ^a   Gardiner, Donald M ^a   Taylor, Jennifer M ^a   Hane, James K ^a   Singh, Karam B ^a,b   Manners, John M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cereal host; Comparative genomics; Effectors; Fungal pathogens; Fusarium graminearum; Hidden Markov model; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CEREALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENOME, FUNGAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84893441601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-807     Document Type: Article

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