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We present a new modular concept to construct organizational models for transcriptional regulatory DNA units. The method requires a training set of at least 10 sequences and a simple initial model (e.g. two characteristic transcription factor binding sites). The final model is generated by computer analysis directly from the sequences. 20 Lentivirus long terminal repeats (LTRs) and an initial model consisting of only two elements (TATA box and polyA signal) resulted in a final model of 10 elements which recognized all of the more than 100 available Lentivirus LTRs while rejecting all other known LTR types. Database searches with this Lentivirus LTR model demonstrated the very high specificity of our method.
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Frech, K., Quandt, K., Werner, T. (1997). A new method to develop highly specific models for regulatory DNA regions. In: Hofestädt, R., Lengauer, T., Löffler, M., Schomburg, D. (eds) Bioinformatics. GCB 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1278. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0033206
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