Identification of horizontally-transferred genomic islands and genome segmentation points by using the GC profile method

Current Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 113-121

  Zhang, Ren ^a   Ou, Hong Yu ^b   Gao, Feng ^c   Luo, Hao ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GC profile; Genome segmentation; Genomic island

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84903734577     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389202915999140328163125     Document Type: Article

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