Abstract
Public databases now contain multitude of complete bacterial genomes, including several genomes of the same species. The available data offers new opportunities to address questions about bacterial genome evolution, a task that requires reliable fine comparison data of closely related genomes. Recent analyses have shown, using pairwise whole genome alignments, that it is possible to segment bacterial genomes into a common conserved backbone and strain-specific sequences called loops.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 171 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | BMC Bioinformatics |
Volume | 6 |
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Publication status | Published - 2005 |