[BiO BB] How can I obtain TRANSFAC

[Maximilian Haussler]

try Jaspar http://bergmanlab.smith.man.ac.uk/?p=452
or uniprobe http://the_brain.bwh.harvard.edu/uniprobe/
for free alternatives.

good luck
Max



On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Dan Bolser <dan.bolser at gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like you're out of luck. From the transfac website:
>
>        "We strongly support the collaborative nature of scientific
> research that is the basis of our products."
>
>
> However, words like those are cheap, but downloading transfac isn't.
>
> It'll cost you 500 euro (per year, as an academic) to download the
> 'database', but it isn't clear if you can easily get access to the
> data [1].
>
> Perhaps there are some free alternatives or pirated copies of transfac
> available?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dan.
>
>
> [1] http://emboss.open-bio.org/pipermail/emboss/2003-March/000993.html
> On 27 April 2010 05:43,  <wangk at chgc.sh.cn> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I need TRANSFAC (http://www.gene-regulation.com/pub/databases.html) to
>> predicate TFs and their TFBSs, but confused in finding out how can I obtain
>> the TRANSFAC dataset.
>>
>> Is there someone who can give me some help?
>>
>> Kai
>>
>>
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