Bug#491714: ITP: libtfbs-perl -- module to scan DNA sequences with a position weight matrix

[Steffen Moeller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Steffen Moeller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>

* Package name    : libtfbs-perl
  Version         : 0.5
* URL             : http://tfbs.genereg.net/
* License         : GPL, Artistic
  Programming Lang: C, Perl
  Description     : module to scan DNA sequences with a position weight matrix

 The TFBS perl modules comprise a set of routines to interact with the
 Transfac and Jaspar databases that describe a special family of proteins,
 the transcription factors. These bind to genomic DNA to initiate (or
 prevent) the readout of a gene.  Once multiple binding sites are known
 for a transcription factor, these are gathered in a single file and are
 aligned in order to find position-specific characteristica that might
 be used to predict such binding events in novel DNA sequences.