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ArticleNucleic acids research2003

TRANSFAC: transcriptional regulation, from patterns to profiles.

V Matys, E Fricke, R Geffers, E Gössling, M Haubrock, R Hehl, K Hornischer, D Karas, A E Kel, O V Kel-Margoulis and 11 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,070 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1,070citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
44.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1,070 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 2,018 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

V MatysBIOBASE GmbH, Halchtersche Strasse 33, D-38304 Wolfenbüttel, Germany. vma@biobase.de
E Fricke
R Geffers
E Gössling
M Haubrock
R Hehl
K Hornischer
D Karas
A E Kel
O V Kel-Margoulis
D-U Kloos
S Land
B Lewicki-Potapov
H Michael
R Münch
I Reuter
S Rotert
H Saxel
M Scheer
S Thiele
E Wingender
Biobase (Germany) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The TRANSFAC database on eukaryotic transcriptional regulation, comprising data on transcription factors, their target genes and regulatory binding sites, has been extended and further developed, both in number of entries and in the scope and structure of the collected data. Structured fields for expression patterns have been introduced for transcription factors from human and mouse, using the CYTOMER database on anatomical structures and developmental stages. The functionality of Match, a tool for matrix-based search of transcription factor binding sites, has been enhanced. For instance, the program now comes along with a number of tissue-(or state-)specific profiles and new profiles can be created and modified with Match Profiler. The GENE table was extended and gained in importance, containing amongst others links to LocusLink, RefSeq and OMIM now. Further, (direct) links between factor and target gene on one hand and between gene and encoded factor on the other hand were introduced. The TRANSFAC public release is available at http://www.gene-regulation.com. For yeast an additional release including the latest data was made available separately as TRANSFAC Saccharomyces Module (TSM) at http://transfac.gbf.de. For CYTOMER free download versions are available at http://www.biobase.de:8080/index.html.

Indexed as

Databases, GeneticGene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAnimalsBinding SitesEukaryotic CellsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMicePromoter Regions, GeneticSaccharomycesTissue DistributionTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

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PMID12520026
PMCPMC165555
OpenAlexW2166898290

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