Detection and visualization of compositionally similar cis-regulatory element clusters in orthologous and coordinately controlled genes

Genome Research

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1408-1417

  Jegga, Anil G ^a   Sherwood, Shawn P ^a   Carman, James W ^a   Pinski, Andrew T ^a   Phillips, Jerry L ^a   Pestian, John P ^a,c   Aronow, Bruce J ^a,b,c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; CIS ISOMER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; BASE COMPOSITION; BINDING SITES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LUNG; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D PROTEIN;

EID: 0036739031     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.255002     Document Type: Review

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