To address this need, we have developed a new database called TiGER (Tissue-specific Gene Expression and Regulation) based on our previous analyses of tissue-specific genes, TFs and cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) for 30 human tissues [3,11]. TiGER should not be confused with the earlier TIGR databases [12] on regulation in microbes, plants and humans. TiGER provides simple search engines so as to permit the users to visualize or download information through a standard web browser. More specifically, the TiGER database has the following features:
