NXSensor web tool for evaluating DNA for nucleosome exclusion sequences and accessibility to binding factors

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue WEB. SERV. ISS., 2006, Pages

  Luykx, Peter ^c   Bajić, Ivan V ^a   Khuri, Sawsan ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMATIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; INTERNET; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EUKARYOTA;

BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTERNET; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33747842251     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl158     Document Type: Article

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