Computational methods for understanding bacterial and archaeal genomes /
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| Imprint: | London : Imperial College Press ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Publishing, c2008. |
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| Description: | xix, 473 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Series on advances in bioinformatics and computational biology, 1751-6404 ; v. 7 Series on advances in bioinformatics and computational biology ; v. 7. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7368691 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1. General Characteristics of Prokaryotic Genomes
- 2. Genes in Prokaryotic Genomes and Their Computational Prediction
- 3. Evolution of the Genetic Code: Computational Methods and Inferences
- 4. Dynamics of Prokaryotic Genome Evolution
- 5. Mobile Genetic Elements and Their Prediction
- 6. Horizontal Gene Transfer: Its Detection and Role in Microbial Evolution
- 7. Genome Reduction During Prokaryotic Evolution
- 8. Comparative Mechanisms for Transcription and Regulatory Signals in Archaea and Bacteria
- 9. Computational Techniques for Orthologous Gene Prediction in Prokaryotes
- 10. Computational Elucidation of Operons and Uber-operons
- 11. Prediction of Regulons Through Comparative Genome Analyses
- 12. Prediction of Biological Pathways Through Data Mining and Information Fusion
- 13. Microbial Pathway Models
- 14. Metagenomics
- References
- Index
