| Chapter title |
Ortholog Identification and Comparative Analysis of Microbial Genomes Using MBGD and RECOG
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 12 |
| Book title |
Protein Function Prediction
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| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7015-5_12 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7013-1, 978-1-4939-7015-5
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| Authors |
Ikuo Uchiyama |
| Editors |
Daisuke Kihara |
| Abstract |
Comparative genomics is becoming an essential approach for identification of genes associated with a specific function or phenotype. Here, we introduce the microbial genome database for comparative analysis (MBGD), which is a comprehensive ortholog database among the microbial genomes available so far. MBGD contains several precomputed ortholog tables including the standard ortholog table covering the entire taxonomic range and taxon-specific ortholog tables for various major taxa. In addition, MBGD allows the users to create an ortholog table within any specified set of genomes through dynamic calculations. In particular, MBGD has a "My MBGD" mode where users can upload their original genome sequences and incorporate them into orthology analysis. The created ortholog table can serve as the basis for various comparative analyses. Here, we describe the use of MBGD and briefly explain how to utilize the orthology information during comparative genome analysis in combination with the stand-alone comparative genomics software RECOG, focusing on the application to comparison of closely related microbial genomes. |
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