Gene cluster analysis method reliably identifies horizontally transferred genes and reveals their involvement in operon formation
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Center for Information Biology-DNA Data Bank of Japan, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540 Japan; Graduate School of Information and Technology, Hokkaido University, Kita 14, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0814 Japan; Japan Biological Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Tokyo Waterfront, 2-42 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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