---
name: "tfscan"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tfscan"
---

# tfscan(1e)

Identify transcription factor binding sites in DNA sequences

## NAME

tfscan - Identify transcription factor binding sites in DNA sequences

## SYNOPSIS

**tfscan** **-sequence** *seqall* **-menu** *list* **-custom** *datafile* **-mismatch** *integer* \[**-minlength** *integer*\] **-outfile** *report*

**tfscan** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**tfscan** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Nucleic:Transcription" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequence** *seqall*

  - **-menu** *list*

  Default value: V

- **-custom** *datafile*

  ### Required section

- **-mismatch** *integer*

  ### Additional section

- **-minlength** *integer*

  Default value: 1

### Output section

- **-outfile** *report*

  ## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

tfscan is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.