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Glossary

TermDescription
RefPTA set of genomic coordinates around which to pileup signal (.bam or some other genomic features captured by a .bed/.gff file)
PFMposition frequency matrix is related to the position weight matrix (see PWM)
PWMposition weight matrix that represents the sequence preference of some motif feature (see also PFM), also known as a PSSM or PSWM
ssTFssequence-specific transcription factors, or transcription factors that bind certain specific sequences
TFtranscription factor, or a protein that binds promoters and influences (directly or indirectly) transcriptional activity
TFBStranscription factor binding site
targetusually refers to the protein target for some sort of enrichment assay (e.g. antibody target for a ChIP-seq dataset)
weblogosa visual representation of a motif PWM or PFM