FactorY, a bioinformatic resource for genome-wide promoter analysis

Comput Biol Med. 2009 Apr;39(4):385-7. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2009.01.008. Epub 2009 Mar 9.

Abstract

The interpretation of the complex molecular descriptions generated by high-throughput gene expression technologies is still challenging. The development of new tools to identify common regulatory mechanisms involved in the control of the expression of a set of co-expressed genes, might enhance our capacity to extract functional information from genomic data sets. Here we present FactorY, a website that allows identification of enriched transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs) in the proximal promoter of a cluster of genes, as well as functional interpretation, and intuitive visualization of the results.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Databases, Genetic
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Genomics
  • Humans
  • Multigene Family
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Programming Languages
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic*
  • Software
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Transcription, Genetic

Substances

  • Transcription Factors