Prosecutor: parameter-free inference of gene function for prokaryotes using DNA microarray data, genomic context and multiple gene annotation sources.

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Published in BMC Genomics on October 21, 2008

Authors

Evert Jan Blom1, Rainer Breitling, Klaas Jan Hofstede, Jos B T M Roerdink, Sacha A F T van Hijum, Oscar P Kuipers

Author Affiliations

1: Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. e.j.blom@rug.nl

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