A comparative study on computational two-block motif detection: Algorithms and applications

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-16

  Bi, Chengpeng ^a   Leeder, J Steven ^b   Vyhlidal, Carrie A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Gibbs sampling; Greedy search algorithm; Motif discovery; Multiple local alignment; Nuclear receptors; Structured motif; Two block motif

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR;

ALGORITHM; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GIBBS SAMPLING; GREEDY LOCAL SEARCH; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOFTWARE;

EID: 39749102250     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp7001126     Document Type: Review

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