TRANSFAC: a database on transcription factors and their DNA binding sites

E Wingender; P Dietze; H Karas; R Knüppel

doi:10.1093/nar/24.1.238

TRANSFAC: a database on transcription factors and their DNA binding sites

Nucleic Acids Res. 1996 Jan 1;24(1):238-41. doi: 10.1093/nar/24.1.238.

Authors

E Wingender¹, P Dietze, H Karas, R Knüppel

Affiliation

¹ Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH, Department of GenomeAnalysis, Braunschweig, Germany.

Abstract

TRANSFAC is a database about eukaryotic transcription regulating DNA sequence elements and the transcription factors binding to and acting through them. This report summarizes the present status of this database and accompanying retrieval tools.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Binding Sites
Computer Communication Networks
DNA / metabolism*
DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
Databases, Factual*
Transcription Factors / metabolism*

Substances

DNA-Binding Proteins
Transcription Factors
DNA