Yusuf, DimasButland, Stefanie LSwanson, Magdalena IBolotin, EugeneTicoll, AmyCheung, Warren ACindy Zhang, Xiao YuDickman, Christopher TDFulton, Debra LSchnabl, Jake MRamos, Oscar HPVasseur-Cognet, Mireillede Leeuw, Charles NRyffel, Gerhart ULam, Eric W-FKist, RalfWilson, Miranda SCMarco-Ferreres, RaquelBrosens, Jan JBeccari, Leonardo LBovolenta, PaolaBenayoun, Bérénice AMonteiro, Lara JSchwenen, Helma DCGrontved, LarsWederell, ElizabethMandrup, SusanneVeitia, Reiner AChakravarthy, HariniHoodless, Pamela AMancarelli, M MichelaTorbett, Bruce EBanham, Alison HReddy, Sekhar PCullum, Rebecca LLiedtke, MichaelaTschan, Mario PVaz, MichelleRizzino, AngieZannini, MariastellaFrietze, SethFarnham, Peggy JEijkelenboom, AstridBrown, Philip JLaperrière, DavidLeprince, Dominiquede Cristofaro, TizianaPrince, Kelly LPutker, Marritdel Peso, LuisCamenisch, GieriWenger, Roland HMikula, MichalRozendaal, MariekeMader, SylvieOstrowski, JerzyRhodes, Simon JOlechnowicz, Sam WZBreslin, Mary BLan, Michael SNanan, Kyster KWegner, MichaelHou, JuanMullen, Rachel DColvin, Stephanie CNoy, Peter JohnWebb, Carol FWitek, Matthew EFerrell, ScottDaniel, Juliet MWaldman, Scott APeet, Daniel JTaggart, MichaelJayaraman, Padma-SheelaKarrich, Julien JBlom, BiancaVesuna, FarhadO'Geen, HenrietteSun, YunfuGronostajski, Richard MWoodcroft, Mark WHough, Margaret RChen, EdwinEurope-Finner, G NicholasKarolczak-Bayatti, MagdalenaBailey, JarrodHankinson, OliverRaman, VenuLeBrun, David PBiswal, ShyamDeBruyne, Jason PHogenesch, John BHevner, Robert FHéligon, ChristopheLuo, Xin MBlank, Marissa CathleenMillen, Kathleen JoyceSharlin, David SForrest, DouglasDahlman-Wright, KarinZhao, ChunyanMishima, YurikoSinha, SatrajitChakrabarti, RumelaPortales-Casamar, ElodieSladek, Frances MBradley, Philip HWasserman, Wyeth WVan Rechem, CapucineBoulay, GaylorSimpson, Elizabeth MLim, Jonathan SPark, JasonHarvey, Christopher J2013-04-222012Yusuf, Dimas, Stefanie L. Butland, Magdalena I. Swanson, Eugene Bolotin, Amy Ticoll, Warren A. Cheung, Xiao Yu Cindy Zhang et al. 2012. The Transcription Factor Encyclopedia. Genome Biology 13(3): R24.1465-69061465-6914http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10579110Here we present the Transcription Factor Encyclopedia (TFe), a new web-based compendium of mini review articles on transcription factors (TFs) that is founded on the principles of open access and collaboration. Our consortium of over 100 researchers has collectively contributed over 130 mini review articles on pertinent human, mouse and rat TFs. Notable features of the TFe website include a high-quality PDF generator and web API for programmatic data retrieval. TFe aims to rapidly educate scientists about the TFs they encounter through the delivery of succinct summaries written and vetted by experts in the field. TFe is available at http://www.cisreg.ca/tfe.en-USJournal Article2013-04-2210.1186/gb-2012-13-3-r24