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Whereas these sequence motifs are quite accurate descriptions of DNA binding specificities of transcription factors (TFs), proteins recognize DNA as a three-dimensional object. DNA structural features refine the description of TF binding specificities and provide mechanistic insights into protein\u2013DNA recognition. Existing motif databases contain extensive nucleotide sequences identified in binding experiments based on their selection by a TF. To utilize DNA shape information when analysing the DNA binding specificities of TFs, we developed a new tool, the TFBSshape database (available at http:\/\/rohslab.cmb.usc.edu\/TFBSshape\/), for calculating DNA structural features from nucleotide sequences provided by motif databases. The TFBSshape database can be used to generate heat maps and quantitative data for DNA structural features (i.e., minor groove width, roll, propeller twist and helix twist) for 739 TF datasets from 23 different species derived from the motif databases JASPAR and UniPROBE. As demonstrated for the basic helix-loop-helix and homeodomain TF families, our TFBSshape database can be used to compare, qualitatively and quantitatively, the DNA binding specificities of closely related TFs and, thus, uncover differential DNA binding specificities that are not apparent from nucleotide sequence alone.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/nar\/gkt1087","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,11,9]],"date-time":"2013-11-09T03:18:56Z","timestamp":1383967136000},"page":"D148-D155","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":115,"title":["TFBSshape: a motif database for DNA shape features of transcription factor binding sites"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Lin","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Molecular and Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA, 2Department of Biology, Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa 32000, Israel, 3Centre 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