Promoter sequences and
algorithmical methods for identifying them
Anne Vanet, Laurent Marsan and Marie-France Sagot
Research
in Microbiology, 150:779-799, 1999
This paper presents a survey of currently available mathematical
models and algorithmical methods for trying to identify promoter
sequences. The methods concern both searching in a genome for a
previously defined consensus and extracting a consensus from a set of
sequences. Such methods were often taylored for either eukaryotes or
prokaryotes although this does not preclude use of a same method for
both types. The survey therefore covers all methods; however,
emphasis is placed on prokaryotic promoter sequences
identification. Illustrative applications of the main extracting
algorithms are given for three bacteria.
key words: promoter, algorithm, motif searching, motif
extraction, prokaryotes
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