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BMCBI
2006
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Using the nucleotide substitution rate matrix to detect horizontal gene transfer
Background: Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has allowed bacteria to evolve many new capabilities. Because transferred genes perform many medically important functions, such as conf...
Micah Hamady, M. D. Betterton, Rob Knight
BMCBI
2006
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A model-based approach to selection of tag SNPs
Background: Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common type of polymorphisms found in the human genome. Effective genetic association studies require the identific...
Pierre Nicolas, Fengzhu Sun, Lei M. Li
BMCBI
2006
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Bounded search for de novo identification of degenerate cis-regulatory elements
Background: The identification of statistically overrepresented sequences in the upstream regions of coregulated genes should theoretically permit the identification of potential ...
Jonathan M. Carlson, Arijit Chakravarty, Radhika S...
BMCBI
2006
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A method for rapid similarity analysis of RNA secondary structures
Background: Owing to the rapid expansion of RNA structure databases in recent years, efficient methods for structure comparison are in demand for function prediction and evolution...
Na Liu, Tianming Wang
BMCBI
2006
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Meta-All: a system for managing metabolic pathway information
Background: Many attempts are being made to understand biological subjects at a systems level. A major resource for these approaches are biological databases, storing manifold inf...
Stephan Weise, Ivo Grosse, Christian Klukas, Dirk ...