Updated clusters of orthologous genes for Archaea: a complex ancestor of the Archaea and the byways of horizontal gene transfer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Collections of Clusters of Orthologous Genes (COGs) provide indispensable tools for comparative genomic analysis, evolutionary reconstruction and functional annotation of new genomes. Initially, COGs were made for all complete genome...

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Main Authors: Wolf Yuri I, Makarova Kira S, Yutin Natalya, Koonin Eugene V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:Biology Direct
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Online Access:http://www.biology-direct.com/content/7/1/46