title: TRANSFAC: a database on transcription factors and their DNA binding sites.
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.
authors.affiliation: Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH, Department of GenomeAnalysis, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wingender
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dietze
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knüppel
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016208:Databases, Factual; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA