snapatac2.datasets.cis_bp#

snapatac2.datasets.cis_bp(unique=True)[source]#

A list of transcription factor motifs curated by the CIS-BP database.

This function returns motifs curated from the CIS-BP database [Weirauch14]. The motifs can be used to scan the genome for potential binding sites and to perform motif enrichment analysis.

Parameters:

unique (bool) – A transcription factor may have multiple motifs. If unique=True, only the motifs with the highest information content will be selected.

Returns:

A list of motifs.

Return type:

list[PyDNAMotif]

See also

motif_enrichment

compute motif enrichment.