TF-finder: A software package for identifying transcription factors involved in biological processes using microarray data and existing knowledge base

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cui, Xiaoqi ^a   Wang, Tong ^a   Chen, Huann Sheng ^a   Busov, Victor ^a   Wei, Hairong ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GENE EXPRESSION DATA; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE CONSERVATION; SPARSE CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS;

AGRONOMY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GENES;

EUKARYOTA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE BASE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE BASES; SOFTWARE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77955389425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-425     Document Type: Article

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