SIGI-HMM: Score-Based Prediction of Genomic Islands in Prokaryotic Genomes Export

@misc{citeulike:2626512, abstract = {Horizonal gene transfer, i.e. the process of acquiring genes from foreign species, is a frequent phenomenon among microbial species. It is considered a strong evolutionary force allowing rapid adaptation to changing environmental demands. The transferred pieces of DNA often comprise a large number of genes that are found in contiguous regions called Genomic Islands (GIs). We have implemented the program SIGI-HMM that predicts GIs and the putative donor of each individual alien gene, by the use of a HMM that takes into account codon usage.}, author = {Keller, Oliver and Surovcik, Katharina and Brodag, Thomas and Merkl, Rainer and Asper, Roman and Damm, Carsten and Waack, Stephan}, citeulike-article-id = {2626512}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.eccb06.org/new_pages/program/accepted_posters_K.html}, howpublished = {5th European conference on computational biology (poster session)}, keywords = {bio, cdpublist, information}, posted-at = {2008-04-03 16:26:17}, priority = {2}, title = {SIGI-HMM: Score-Based Prediction of Genomic Islands in Prokaryotic Genomes}, url = {http://www.eccb06.org/new_pages/program/accepted_posters_K.html}, year = {2006} }

TY - GEN ID - citeulike:2626512 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2626512 N2 - Horizonal gene transfer, i.e. the process of acquiring genes from foreign species, is a frequent phenomenon among microbial species. It is considered a strong evolutionary force allowing rapid adaptation to changing environmental demands. The transferred pieces of DNA often comprise a large number of genes that are found in contiguous regions called Genomic Islands (GIs). We have implemented the program SIGI-HMM that predicts GIs and the putative donor of each individual alien gene, by the use of a HMM that takes into account codon usage. TI - SIGI-HMM: Score-Based Prediction of Genomic Islands in Prokaryotic Genomes KW - bio KW - cdpublist KW - information AU - Keller, Oliver AU - Surovcik, Katharina AU - Brodag, Thomas AU - Merkl, Rainer AU - Asper, Roman AU - Damm, Carsten AU - Waack, Stephan PY - 2006/// UR - http://www.eccb06.org/new_pages/program/accepted_posters_K.html ER -