Predicting "Essential" Genes in Microbial Genomes: A Machine Learning Approach to Knowledge Discovery in Microbial Genomic Data

Essential genes constitute the minimal gene set of an organism that is indispensable for its survival under most favorable conditions. The problem of accurately identifying and predicting genes essential for survival of an organism has both theoretical and practical relevance in genome biology and m...

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Main Author: Palaniappan, Krishnaveni
Format: Others
Published: NSUWorks 2010
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Online Access:http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/268
http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1267&context=gscis_etd