Engström Pär G, Fredman David, Lenhard Boris
Computational Biology Unit, Bergen Center for Computational Science, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate, N-5008 Bergen, Norway.
Genome Biol. 2008;9(2):R34. doi: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-2-r34. Epub 2008 Feb 15.
Metazoan genomes contain arrays of highly conserved noncoding elements (HCNEs) that span developmental regulatory genes and define regulatory domains. We describe Ancora http://ancora.genereg.net, a web resource that provides data and tools for exploring genomic organization of HCNEs for multiple genomes. Ancora includes a genome browser that shows HCNE locations and features novel HCNE density plots as a powerful tool to discover developmental regulatory genes and distinguish their regulatory elements and domains.
后生动物基因组包含一系列高度保守的非编码元件(HCNEs),这些元件跨越发育调控基因并定义调控域。我们介绍了Ancora(http://ancora.genereg.net),这是一个网络资源,提供用于探索多个基因组中HCNEs基因组组织的数据和工具。Ancora包括一个基因组浏览器,它显示HCNE的位置,并展示新颖的HCNE密度图,作为发现发育调控基因并区分其调控元件和结构域的强大工具。