Title :
A genetic algorithms approach to the inference of cis-regulatory modules
Author :
Gagne, David J. ; Congdon, Clare Bates
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Southern Maine, Portland, ME, USA
Abstract :
We have developed GAMS, a system for the inference of cis-regulatory modules that uses a genetic algorithms approach to discover putatively conserved modules in large noncoding DNA sequences from divergent species. This paper describes the approach and presents preliminary results.
Keywords :
DNA; bioinformatics; biological techniques; genetic algorithms; molecular biophysics; molecular configurations; GAMS; cis-regulatory module inference; divergent species; genetic algorithms approach; large noncoding DNA sequences; putatively conserved modules; Bioinformatics; Conferences; DNA; Genetic algorithms; Genomics; Laboratories; Libraries; DNA motif inference; cis-regulatory modules; genetic algorithms;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops (BIBMW), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1612-6
DOI :
10.1109/BIBMW.2011.6112538
