BMCBI
2008
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2008
Background: Present-day `-omics' technologies produce overwhelming amounts of data which include genome sequences, information on gene expression (transcripts and proteins) a...
BMCBI
2008
14 years 6 days ago
2008
Background: Array-based comparative genome hybridization (aCGH) is commonly used to determine the genomic content of bacterial strains. Since prokaryotes in general have less cons...
BMCBI
2008
14 years 6 days ago
2008
Background: Ultraconserved elements are nucleotide or protein sequences with 100% identity (no mismatches, insertions, or deletions) in the same organism or between two or more or...
BMCBI
2008
14 years 6 days ago
2008
Background: Genome survey sequences (GSS) offer a preliminary global view of a genome since, unlike ESTs, they cover coding as well as non-coding DNA and include repetitive region...
BMCBI
2008
14 years 6 days ago
2008
Background: Current sequencing technologies give access to sequence information for genomes and metagenomes at a tremendous speed. Subsequent data processing is mainly performed b...
BMCBI
2008
14 years 6 days ago
2008
Background: Comparative genomics has become a significant research area in recent years, following the availability of a number of sequenced genomes. The comparison of genomes is ...
BMCBI
2008
14 years 6 days ago
2008
Background: Due to recent progress in genome sequencing, more and more data for phylogenetic reconstruction based on rearrangement distances between genomes become available. Howe...
BMCBI
2008
14 years 6 days ago
2008
Background: For many types of analyses, data about gene structure and locations of non-coding regions of genes are required. Although a vast amount of genomic sequence data is ava...
BMCBI
2008
14 years 6 days ago
2008
Background: Simulating the major molecular events inside an Escherichia coli cell can lead to a very large number of reactions that compose its overall behaviour. Not only should ...
BMCBI
2010
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2010
Background: Our current understanding of transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) in sequenced prokaryotic genomes is very limited due to the lack of an accurate and efficient c...