SeqVISTA: A new module of integrated computational tools for studying transcriptional regulation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue WEB SERVER ISS., 2004, Pages

  Hu, Zhenjun ^a   Fu, Yutao ^a   Halees, Anason S ^a   Kielbasa, Szymon M ^c   Weng, Zhiping ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERNET; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

METAZOA;

EID: 3242877209     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh483     Document Type: Article

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