Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Motif Discovery Tools for Transcription Factor Binding Sites

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2007-02-12
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Inthepost-genomicera,identificationofspecificregulatorymotifsortranscrip-tionfactorbindingsites(TFBSs)innon-codingDNAsequences,whichisessentialtoelucidatetranscriptionalregulatorynetworks,hasemergedasanobstaclethatfrustratesmanyresearchers.Consequently,numerousmotifdiscoverytoolsandcorrelateddatabaseshavebeenappliedtosolvingthisproblem.However,theseexistingmethods,basedondifferentcomputationalalgorithms,showpersemotifpredictionefficiencyinnon-codingDNAsequences.Therefore,understandingthesimilaritiesanddifferencesofcomputationalalgorithmsandenrichingthemotifdiscoveryliteraturesareimportantforuserstochoosethemostappropriateoneamongtheonlineavailabletools.Moreover,therestilllackscrediblecriteriontoassessmotifdiscoverytoolsandinstructionsforresearcherstochoosethebestaccordingtotheirownprojects.Thusintegrationoftherelatedresourcesmightbeagoodapproachtoimproveaccuracyoftheapplication.Recentstudiesintegrateregulatorymotifdiscoverytoolswithexperimentalmethodstoofferacomplemen-taryapproachforresearchers,andalsoprovideamuch-neededmodelforcurrentresearchesontranscriptionalregulatorynetworks.HerewepresentacomparativeanalysisofregulatorymotifdiscoverytoolsforTFBSs.