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eggNOG v4.0: nested orthology inference across 3686 organisms

Sean Powell1, Kristoffer Forslund, Damian Szklarczyk

  • 1European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany, University of Zurich and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109-5234, USA, Bioinformatics and Genomics Programme, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), C/Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain, CUBE-Division of Computational Systems Biology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria, Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3FG, UK, Biotechnology Center, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark and Max-Delbrück-Centre for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany.

Nucleic Acids Research
|December 4, 2013
PubMed
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The eggNOG database (evolutionary للجينوميات orthologous groups) version 4 significantly expands its species coverage and enhances orthology assignment methods. This updated resource provides crucial tools for evolutionary and functional genomics research.

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