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STAMP is a tool for characterizing similarities between transcription factor binding motifs.

You can also use the formatMotifs.pl script to convert the outputs from various motif-finders into the format used by STAMP.

See INSTALL.txt for compilation and testing instructions.

########################################################### Version history: v.1.2: 2015-05-27 This version includes bug fixes and updated compilation instructons that Gert Hulselmans (KU Leuven) performed in Oct 2013. We're very grateful to Gert for getting this code working again. This version also includes a new option for restricting motif comparisons to a single strand (e.g. for comparing RNA-binding motifs).

v.1.1 and earlier: 2006 - 2008
      STAMP was written by Shaun Mahony during his time as a postdoc in Takis Benos' lab at the University of Pittsburgh. 

########################################################### Citations: STAMP: a web tool for exploring DNA-binding motif similarities S Mahony, PV Benos Nucleic Acids Research (2007) 35(Web Server issue):W253-W258

DNA familial binding profiles made easy: comparison of various motif alignment and clustering strategies
S Mahony, P Auron, PV Benos
PLoS Computational Biology (2007) 3(3):e61

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    Personal website:       http://mahonylab.org/
    STAMP website:          http://www.benoslab.pitt.edu/stamp/
    Download STAMP:         http://www.benoslab.pitt.edu/services.html#downloads or https://github.com/shaunmahony/stamp

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