Marker genes that are less conserved in their sequences are useful for predicting genome-wide similarity levels between closely related prokaryotic strains

Microbiome

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Lan, Yemin ^a   Rosen, Gail ^b   Hershberg, Ruth ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genome wide similarity; Less conserved genes; Lineage specific; Marker genes

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MARKER GENE; MICROBIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SHIGELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

GENETIC MARKER; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84995814400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20492618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40168-016-0162-5     Document Type: Article

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