Developed by Dr. Jeremy Buhler, this exercise uses MEME to discover putative regulatory motifs in a collection of D. melanogaster promoter sequences. It also illustrates some of the challenges associated with motif finding and the limitations of motif finding programs.
Behavior and Limitations of Motif Finding
- Jeremy Buhler
- Created: June 26, 2015
- Last Reviewed: December 24, 2021
- Last Updated: December 24, 2021
- Curriculum Section: Bioinformatics
- Curriculum Type: Lesson with Exercises
- Target Audience: Advanced Student
- NIBLSE Competencies: C2
- Topic Tags: Motif Finding, Subtle Motif
- Tool Tags: MAST, MEME, Tomtom
