PROMO: detection of known transcription regulatory elements using species-tailored searches

Xavier Messeguer; Ruth Escudero; Domènec Farré; Oscar Núñez; Javier Martínez; M Mar Albà

doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/18.2.333

PROMO: detection of known transcription regulatory elements using species-tailored searches

Bioinformatics. 2002 Feb;18(2):333-4. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/18.2.333.

Authors

Xavier Messeguer¹, Ruth Escudero, Domènec Farré, Oscar Núñez, Javier Martínez, M Mar Albà

Affiliation

¹ Algorithmics and Genetics Group, Software Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, C/Jordi Girona Salgado, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 11847087
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/18.2.333

Abstract

We have developed a set of tools to construct positional weight matrices from known transcription factor binding sites in a species or taxon-specific manner, and to search for matches in DNA sequences.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Binding Sites / genetics
Computational Biology
DNA / genetics*
DNA / metabolism*
Humans
Software*
Species Specificity
Transcription Factors / metabolism*

Substances

Transcription Factors
DNA