Dragon Promoter Finder: recognition of vertebrate RNA polymerase II promoters

Bioinformatics. 2002 Jan;18(1):198-9. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/18.1.198.

Abstract

Dragon Promoter Finder (DPF) locates RNA polymerase II promoters in DNA sequences of vertebrates by predicting Transcription Start Site (TSS) positions. DPF's algorithm uses sensors for three functional regions (promoters, exons and introns) and an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Results on a large and diverse evaluation set indicate that DPF exhibits a superior predicting ability for TSS location compared to three other promoter-finding programs.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Computational Biology
  • Databases, Nucleic Acid
  • Exons
  • Humans
  • Introns
  • Neural Networks, Computer
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic*
  • RNA Polymerase II / genetics*
  • Software*

Substances

  • RNA Polymerase II