In silico promoters: Modelling of cis-regulatory context facilitates target predictio

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-278

  Venter, Mauritz ^a   Warnich, Louise ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conserved cis module; In silico; Promoter model; Target prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 61349158598     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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