rVista for Comparative Sequence-Based Discovery of Functional Transcription Factor Binding Sites

Table 2.

Enrichment of Functional TFBS Using Clustering and DNA Conservation

AP-1 NFAT AP-1/NFAT clusters GATA-3 GATA clusters
Total (∼1 Mb) 23,079 14,900 12,015 21,362 19,986
Experimental 17/19 (89%) 19/21 (90%) 17/19 (89%) 4/4 (100%) 4/4 (100%)
Aligned 2598 (11%) 1617 (11%) 787 (6.5%) 2445 (11.4%) 1289 (6.4%)
Experimental 17 (89%) 19 (90%) 17 (89%) 4 (100%) 4 (100%)
Conserved 1045 (4.5%) 717 (4.8%) 324 (2.7%) 946 (4.4%) 459 (2.3%)
Experimental 16 (84%) 19 (90%) 16 (84%) 4 (100%) 4 (100%)
  • TFBS were identified using rVISTA default parameters (TRANSFAC: 0.75/0.8). Total matches in the human sequence and the total known experimentally defined sites for the individual TF were defined as 100% (19 AP-1, 21 NFAT, and 4 GATA-3).

  • Experimentally defined AP-1 and NFAT sites not represented among total matches for the human sequence had TRANSFAC scores below default parameters. AP-1/NFAT clustering over 60 bp; GATA clustering-2 GATA sites over 60 bp.

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  1. Genome Res. 12: 832-839

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