title: PROMO: detection of known transcription regulatory elements using species-tailored searches.
abstract: We have developed a set of tools to construct positional weight matrices from known transcription factor binding sites in a species or taxon-specific manner, and to search for matches in DNA sequences.
authors.affiliation: Algorithmics and Genetics Group, Software Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, C/Jordi Girona Salgado, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Messeguer
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Escudero
authors.forename: Domènec
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Farré
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Núñez
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: M Mar
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Albà
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D019295:Computational Biology; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software; D013045:Species Specificity; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA