[BiO BB] Finding common TF binding sites in promoter regions of different insect species

Harry Mangalam hjm at tacgi.com
Thu Oct 7 16:21:42 EDT 2004


see: Nature. 2004 Sep 2;431(7004):99-104.

http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v431/n7004/abs/nature02800_fs.html&dynoptions=doi1097180708

and refs therein.

hjm

On Thursday 07 October 2004 1:08 pm, Sebastian Kadener wrote:
> Dear list members,
>
> I am trying to find TF binding sites (not ones that are currently
> known and in databases) in the promoter regions of at least four
> species of insects (the 3 sequenced drosophila and anopheles).  I
> have used meme for this already but the results that I got weren't
> so good.
>
> I was thinking of performing some kind of multiple local alignment
> to find regulatory elements among the promoters but I wasn't sure
> how to go about doing this.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions on how to find TF binding sites in
> promoters, I would be very interested in hearing them.  Thank you
> in advance.
>
> Sebastian

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