title: TFBScluster web server for the identification of mammalian composite regulatory elements.
abstract: Identification of transcriptional regulatory elements represents a critical step in our ability to reconstruct transcriptional regulatory networks from gene expression profiling datasets. To facilitate computational identification of candidate gene regulatory elements from whole genome sequences, we have developed the TFBScluster web server that integrates several tools for the genome-wide identification and subsequent characterization of transcription factor binding site clusters that are conserved in multiple mammalian species. Either the human or mouse genomes can be used as the reference sequence with direct links from the search results to the ENSEMBL and UCSC genome browsers. Moreover, TFBScluster provides seamless integration of transcription factor binding site searches with genome annotation and gene expression profiling data, to allow prioritising computational predictions for subsequent experimental validation. TFBScluster is publicly available at http://hscl.cimr.cam.ac.uk/TFBScluster_genome_portal.html.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2XY, UK.
authors.forename: Ian J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: Berthold
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Göttgens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D051379:Mice; D050436:Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012984:Software; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D014157:Transcription Factors