TFLink: an integrated gateway to access transcription factor-target gene interactions for multiple species
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Journal Article
Abstract
Analysis of transcriptional regulatory interactions and their comparisons across multiple species are crucial for progress in various fields in biology, from functional genomics to the evolution of signal transduction pathways. However, despite the rapidly growing body of data on regulatory interactions in several eukaryotes, no databases exist to provide curated high-quality information on transcription factor-target gene interactions for multiple species. Here, we address this gap by introducing the TFLink gateway, which uniquely provides experimentally explored and highly accurate information on transcription factor-target gene interactions (∼12 million), nucleotide sequences and genomic locations of transcription factor binding sites (∼9 million) for human and six model organisms: mouse, rat, zebrafish, fruit fly, worm and yeast by integrating 10 resources. TFLink provides user-friendly access to data on transcription factor-target gene interactions, interactive network visualizations and transcription factor binding sites, with cross-links to several other databases. Besides containing accurate information on transcription factors, with a clear labelling of the type/volume of the experiments (small-scale or high-throughput), the source database and the original publications, TFLink also provides a wealth of standardized regulatory data available for download in multiple formats. The database offers easy access to high-quality data for wet-lab researchers, supplies data for gene set enrichment analyses and facilitates systems biology and comparative gene regulation studies. Database URL https://tflink.net/.
Date Issued
2022-09-16
Date Acceptance
2022-09-06
Citation
Database: the journal of biological databases and curation, 2022, 2022, pp.1-8
ISSN
1758-0463
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Start Page
1
End Page
8
Journal / Book Title
Database: the journal of biological databases and curation
Volume
2022
Copyright Statement
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Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36124642
PII: 6702175
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Mathematical & Computational Biology
COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE
REGULATORY REGIONS
BINDING
EXPRESSION
MOUSE
Animals
Gene Expression Regulation
Genomics
Humans
Mice
Rats
Transcription Factors
Zebrafish
Animals
Zebrafish
Humans
Mice
Rats
Transcription Factors
Genomics
Gene Expression Regulation
0804 Data Format
0807 Library and Information Studies
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Article Number
ARTN baac083
Date Publish Online
2022-09-16