Predicting enhancer regions and transcription factor binding sites in D. melanogaster
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2010.
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| author | Sealfon, Rachel (Rachel Sima) |
| author2 | Manolis Kellis. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/624342019-04-10T21:38:16Z Predicting enhancer regions and transcription factor binding sites in D. melanogaster Sealfon, Rachel (Rachel Sima) Manolis Kellis. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2010. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-75). Identifying regions in the genome that have regulatory function is important to the fundamental biological problem of understanding the mechanisms through which a regulatory sequence drives specific spatial and temporal patterns of gene expression in early development. The modENCODE project aims to comprehensively identify functional elements in the C. elegans and D. melanogaster genomes. The genome- wide binding locations of all known transcription factors as well as of other DNA- binding proteins are currently being mapped within the context of this project [8]. The large quantity of new data that is becoming available through the modENCODE project and other experimental efforts offers the potential for gaining insight into the mechanisms of gene regulation. Developing improved approaches to identify functional regions and understand their architecture based on available experimental data represents a critical part of the modENCODE effort. Towards this goal, I use a machine learning approach to study the predictive power of experimental and sequence-based combinations of features for predicting enhancers and transcription factor binding sites. by Rachel Sealfon. S.M. 2011-04-25T15:58:09Z 2011-04-25T15:58:09Z 2010 2010 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62434 711000185 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 75 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Sealfon, Rachel (Rachel Sima) Predicting enhancer regions and transcription factor binding sites in D. melanogaster |
| title | Predicting enhancer regions and transcription factor binding sites in D. melanogaster |
| title_full | Predicting enhancer regions and transcription factor binding sites in D. melanogaster |
| title_fullStr | Predicting enhancer regions and transcription factor binding sites in D. melanogaster |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predicting enhancer regions and transcription factor binding sites in D. melanogaster |
| title_short | Predicting enhancer regions and transcription factor binding sites in D. melanogaster |
| title_sort | predicting enhancer regions and transcription factor binding sites in d melanogaster |
| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
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