TRANSFAC: transcriptional regulation, from patterns to profiles.

ABSTRACT: The TRANSFAC database on eukaryotic transcriptional regulation, comprising data on transcription factors, their target genes and regulatory binding sites, has been extended and further developed, both in number of entries and in the scope and structure of the collected data. Structured fields for expression patterns have been introduced for transcription factors from human and mouse, using the CYTOMER database on anatomical structures and developmental stages. The functionality of Match, a tool for matrix-based search of transcription factor binding sites, has been enhanced. For instance, the program now comes along with a number of tissue-(or state-)specific profiles and new profiles can be created and modified with Match Profiler. The GENE table was extended and gained in importance, con

SUBMITTER: Matys V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC165555 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature