A comparison of computational methods for identifying virulence factors.

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Published in PLoS One on August 03, 2012

Authors

Lu-Lu Zheng1, Yi-Xue Li, Juan Ding, Xiao-Kui Guo, Kai-Yan Feng, Ya-Jun Wang, Le-Le Hu, Yu-Dong Cai, Pei Hao, Kuo-Chen Chou

Author Affiliations

1: Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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