Article
Identification of patterns in biological sequences at the ALGGEN server: PROMO and MALGEN.
Computing Unit, Institut de Recerca Oncològica, L'Hospitalet, Spain.
Nucleic Acids Research (impact factor:
8.03).
08/2003;
31(13):3651-3.
pp.3651-3
Source: PubMed
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Keywords
DNA sequences
PROMO version 2.0
RESEARCH link
sequences
single sequence
transcription factor binding site
visualize sequence correspondences
web tools
web-based tools
