title: Expanding the TRANSFAC database towards an expert system of regulatory molecular mechanisms.
abstract: TRANSFAC is a database on transcription factors, their genomic binding sites and DNA-binding profiles. In addition to being updated and extended by new features, it has been complemented now by a series of additional database modules. Among them, modules which provide data about signal transduction pathways (TRANSPATH) or about cell types/organs/developmental stages (CYTOMER) are available as well as an updated version of the previously described COMPEL database. The databases are available on the WWW at http://transfac.gbf.de/
authors.affiliation: Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heinemeyer
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karas
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kel
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Kel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Liebich
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meinhardt
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Reuter
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schacherer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wingender
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005658:Fungi; D015870:Gene Expression; D016678:Genome; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D010944:Plants; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012984:Software; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014780:Viruses
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors