Theatre: A software tool for detailed comparative analysis and visualization of genomic sequence

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3510-3517

  Edwards, Yvonne J K ^a   Carver, Tim J ^a   Vavouri, Tanya ^a   Frith, Martin ^a   Bishop, Martin J ^a   Elgar, Greg ^a  

^a MRC Human Genome Mapping Programme RC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CRICETINAE; FISHES; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, P53; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0042622344     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg501     Document Type: Article

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