Better primer design for metagenomics applications by increasing taxonomic distinguishability

BMC Proceedings

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Jaric, Melita ^a   Segal, Jonathan ^a   Silva Herzog, Eugenia ^a   Schneper, Lisa ^a   Mathee, Kalai ^a   Narasimhan, Giri ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; METAGENOMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 85018193449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17536561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-7-S7-S4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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