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

Anthony Mathelier1, Xiaobei Zhao, Allen W Zhang

  • 1Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics at the Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Biology and Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, The Bioinformatics Centre, Copenhagen University, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, DK-2200, Denmark, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA, Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, iRTSV, INRA, 38054 Grenoble, France, Computational Regulatory Genomics, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK, and Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 55, N-5008 Bergen, Norway.

Nucleic Acids Research
|November 7, 2013
PubMed
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