I have found the following tools but I haven't used them so I don´t know if they can be used for insects:

Promoter predictions

PromoterInspector http://www.genomatix.de/online_help/help_gems/

PromoterInspector_help.html

Promoter prediction

FirstEF http://rulai.cshl.edu/tools/FirstEF Promoter prediction

DBTSS (Database of Transcriptional Start Sites)

http://dbtss.hgc.jp/index.html Transcriptional start site

TF-binding profile database

TRANSFAC® http://www.gene-regulation.com/pub/databases.html#

transfac

TF-binding site (matrix), TFs

TF-binding site prediction

TESS (Transcription Element Search

System)

http://www.cbil.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/tess/tess TF-binding site prediction

Match™ http://www.gene-regulation.com/cgi-bin/pub/programs/

match/bin/match.cgi

TF-binding site prediction

Regards

I have used TESS to predict binding sites for putative transcription factors

http://www.cbil.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/tess/tess?RQ=WELCOME

but you can try also this

http://www.fruitfly.org/seq_tools/promoter.html

regards

I have used some tools for transcription factor binding site predictions. you can try these. good luck !

http://www.cbrc.jp/research/db/TFSEARCH.html

http://www.gene-regulation.com/pub/programs/alibaba2/index.html

Molquest 2

http://zlab.bu.edu/zlab/gene.shtml ,this website is a good place for the rearch you want to make on any point , it is a Summarization for the gene regulation,good luck for you!

Hi Yannick

My colleague has been looking at genomic DNA of our animal and has used the fruitfly site to work back from the first exon for selected genes:

http://www.fruitfly.org/seq_tools/promoter.html

Best wishes

Simon