Inferring functional relationships from conservation of gene order

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 453, Issue , 2008, Pages 181-199

  Moreno Hagelsieb, Gabriel ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation of gene order; Functional inference; Gene neighbor method; Genomic context; Operon

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84934444303     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-429-6_8     Document Type: Article

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