Computational methods to dissect cis-regulatory transcriptional networks

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1325-1330

  Rani, Vibha ^a  

^a JAYPEE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; cis regulatory elements; Computational methods; Nucleic acid binding protein (NBP); Promoter; Transcription factor (TF); Transcription factor binding sites (TFBS)

Indexed keywords

PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTOME;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; METAZOAN; MODELING; PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; CELL TYPE; COMPUTER; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METAZOON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

METAZOA;

EID: 37449019688     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-007-0142-9     Document Type: Review

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