Title :
SiteSeeker - A Motif Discovery Tool
Author :
Ecker, Klaus ; Welch, Lonnie ; Gu, Dazhang
Author_Institution :
Ohio Univ., Athens
Abstract :
The primary purpose of SiteSeeker is to create a workbench to try out various concepts for discovery strategies and motif scoring. The intention was to develop a tool that enables testing of different concepts regarding combined scoring methods and search strategies, that eventually ends in tool of practical use.
Keywords :
biology computing; genetics; query formulation; SiteSeeker; motif discovery tool; Databases; Entropy; Frequency; Hamming distance; Iterative algorithms; Pareto optimization; Proteins; Sampling methods; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, 2007. BIBE 2007. Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1509-0
DOI :
10.1109/BIBE.2007.4375631
