plasmidSPAdes: assembling plasmids from whole genome sequencing data
Author(s) -
Dmitry Antipov,
Nolan Hartwick,
Max W. Shen,
Mikhail Raiko,
Alla Lapidus,
Pavel A. Pevzner
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw493
Subject(s) - plasmid , genome , biology , whole genome sequencing , genetics , gene , computational biology , benchmark (surveying) , dna sequencing , geodesy , geography
Plasmids are stably maintained extra-chromosomal genetic elements that replicate independently from the host cell's chromosomes. Although plasmids harbor biomedically important genes, (such as genes involved in virulence and antibiotics resistance), there is a shortage of specialized software tools for extracting and assembling plasmid data from whole genome sequencing projects.
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