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 language | English |
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Journal | Nucleic Acids Research |
Volume | 42 |
Pages (from-to) | D142-D147 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISSN | 0305-1048 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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