DNA structural properties in the classification of genomic transcription regulation elements

Bioinformatics and Biology Insights

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-168

  Meysman, Pieter ^a   Marchal, Kathleen ^a,b   Engelen, Kristof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DNA structure; Functional genomics; Structural scales; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84863896062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11779322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/BBI.S9426     Document Type: Review

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