JASPAR 2014: an extensively expanded and updated open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles

Anthony Mathelier, Xiaobei Zhao, Allen W. Zhang, François Parcy, Rebecca Worsley-Hunt, David J. Arenillas, Sorana Buchman, Chih-yu Chen, Alice Chou, Hans-Ioan Ienasescu, Jonathan Lim, Casper Shyr, Ge Tan, Michelle Zhou, Boris Lenhard, Albin Gustav Sandelin, Wyeth W Wasserman

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Abstract

JASPAR (http://jaspar.genereg.net) is the largest open-access database of matrix-based nucleotide profiles describing the binding preference of transcription factors from multiple species. The fifth major release greatly expands the heart of JASPAR-the JASPAR CORE subcollection, which contains curated, non-redundant profiles-with 135 new curated profiles (74 in vertebrates, 8 in Drosophila melanogaster, 10 in Caenorhabditis elegans and 43 in Arabidopsis thaliana; a 30% increase in total) and 43 older updated profiles (36 in vertebrates, 3 in D. melanogaster and 4 in A. thaliana; a 9% update in total). The new and updated profiles are mainly derived from published chromatin immunoprecipitation-seq experimental datasets. In addition, the web interface has been enhanced with advanced capabilities in browsing, searching and subsetting. Finally, the new JASPAR release is accompanied by a new BioPython package, a new R tool package and a new R/Bioconductor data package to facilitate access for both manual and automated methods.
Original languageEnglish
JournalNucleic Acids Research
Volume42
Pages (from-to)D142-D147
Number of pages6
ISSN0305-1048
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Arabidopsis
  • Binding Sites
  • Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Databases, Genetic
  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Mice
  • Position-Specific Scoring Matrices
  • Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional
  • Transcription Factors

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