[Bioperl-l] TRANSFAC matrices, open acces

[Sean Davis]

On 7/27/06 5:55 AM, "Sendu Bala" <bix at sendu.me.uk> wrote:

> Maximilian Haeussler wrote:
>> Actually, the fact that the transfac matrices are belonging to a
>> company is quite inconvenient for biologists and bioinformatics
>> analyses working in this field.
> 
> The public version is adequate though. It would certainly be useful to
> have Bioperl access to transfac and other regulation databases. I'll
> probably write some suitable modules if no one beats me to it.

I haven't used it in a while, but the TFBS family of modules are, if I
recall correctly, bioperl-compatible, though not part of bioperl.  In any
case, for those who aren't aware, it might be worth a quick look:

http://forkhead.cgb.ki.se/TFBS/

Sean