Characterization of the core and accessory genomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using bioinformatic tools Spine and AGEnt

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ozer, Egon A ^a   Allen, Jonathan P ^a   Hauser, Alan R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory genome; AGEnt; Comparative genomics; Core genome; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Spine; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY GENOME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORE GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84910086353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-737     Document Type: Article

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