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Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification

BMC Bioinformatics · 2010 · Vol. 11(1) · pp. 119–119
Doug HyattGwo-Liang ChenPhilip LoCascioMiriam LandFrank W. LarimerLoren Hauser

Abstract

We built a fast, lightweight, open source gene prediction program called Prodigal http://compbio.ornl.gov/prodigal/. Prodigal achieved good results compared to existing methods, and we believe it will be a valuable asset to automated microbial annotation pipelines.

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsMachine Learning in BioinformaticsGene predictionFalse positive paradoxGeneAnnotationIdentification (biology)GenomeComputer scienceGene AnnotationTranslation (biology)Computational biology

MeSH terms

AlgorithmsPeptide Chain Initiation, TranslationalProkaryotic CellsSoftwareGenome, BacterialDatabases, Genetic

Funding

  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Battelle
  • UT-Battelle
  • Office of Science
  • Biological and Environmental Research
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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