Bioinformatic detection of horizontally transferred DNA in bacterial genomes

We highlight a selection of recent research on computational methods and associated challenges surrounding the prediction of bacterial horizontal gene transfer. This research area continues to face controversy, but is becoming more critical as the importance of horizontal gene transfer in medically...

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Autores principales: Langille, Morgan GI, Brinkman, Fiona SL
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Biology Reports Ltd 2009
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948661
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B1-25
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spelling pubmed-29206742010-10-14 Bioinformatic detection of horizontally transferred DNA in bacterial genomes Langille, Morgan GI Brinkman, Fiona SL F1000 Biol Rep Review Article We highlight a selection of recent research on computational methods and associated challenges surrounding the prediction of bacterial horizontal gene transfer. This research area continues to face controversy, but is becoming more critical as the importance of horizontal gene transfer in medically and ecologically important prokaryotic evolution is further appreciated. Biology Reports Ltd 2009-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2920674/ /pubmed/20948661 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B1-25 Text en © 2009 Biology Reports Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes
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Bioinformatic detection of horizontally transferred DNA in bacterial genomes
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title_short Bioinformatic detection of horizontally transferred DNA in bacterial genomes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920674/
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