Assembly complexity of prokaryotic genomes using short reads
| Title | Assembly complexity of prokaryotic genomes using short reads |
| Publication Type | Journal Articles |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Kingsford C, Schatz MC, Pop M |
| Journal | BMC Bioinformatics |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 21 - 21 |
| Date Published | 2010/01/12/ |
| ISBN Number | 1471-2105 |
| Abstract | De Bruijn graphs are a theoretical framework underlying several modern genome assembly programs, especially those that deal with very short reads. We describe an application of de Bruijn graphs to analyze the global repeat structure of prokaryotic genomes. |
| URL | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/21 |
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2105-11-21 |