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A bioinformatics potpourri
Abstract The 16th International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) was held at Tsinghua University, Shenzhen from September 20 to 22, 2017. The annual conference of the... -
Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase as a potential therapeuti...
Abstract Background The Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak originating in Wuhan, China, has raised global health concerns and the... -
Can human experts predict solubility better than computers?
Abstract In this study, we design and carry out a survey, asking human experts to predict the aqueous solubility of druglike organic compounds. We investigate whether these... -
Asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization: epidemiology and clinical im...
Abstract Background The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has changed over the past decades with the emergence of highly virulent strains. The role of... -
Inherent bacterial DNA contamination of extraction and sequencing reagents ma...
Abstract Background The advent and use of highly sensitive molecular biology techniques to explore the microbiota and microbiome in environmental and tissue samples have... -
Antimicrobial peptide similarity and classification through rough set theory ...
Abstract Background Antimicrobial peptides attract considerable interest as novel agents to combat infections. Their long-time potency across bacteria, viruses and fungi as part... -
Schmutzi: estimation of contamination and endogenous mitochondrial consensus ...
Abstract Ancient DNA is typically highly degraded with appreciable cytosine deamination, and contamination with present-day DNA often complicates the identification of...
