Transcription factor–DNA binding: beyond binding site motifs

S Inukai, KH Kock, ML Bulyk - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2017 - Elsevier
Sequence-specific transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene expression by binding to cis-
regulatory elements in promoter and enhancer DNA. While studies of TF–DNA binding have …

The genetics of transcription factor DNA binding variation

B Deplancke, D Alpern, V Gardeux - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Most complex trait-associated variants are located in non-coding regulatory regions of the
genome, where they have been shown to disrupt transcription factor (TF)-DNA binding …

Basset: learning the regulatory code of the accessible genome with deep convolutional neural networks

DR Kelley, J Snoek, JL Rinn - Genome research, 2016 - genome.cshlp.org
The complex language of eukaryotic gene expression remains incompletely understood.
Despite the importance suggested by many noncoding variants statistically associated with …

Mapping genome-wide transcription-factor binding sites using DAP-seq

A Bartlett, RC O'Malley, SC Huang, M Galli, JR Nery… - Nature protocols, 2017 - nature.com
To enable low-cost, high-throughput generation of cistrome and epicistrome maps for any
organism, we developed DNA affinity purification sequencing (DAP-seq), a transcription …

A machine learning approach for predicting CRISPR-Cas9 cleavage efficiencies and patterns underlying its mechanism of action

S Abadi, WX Yan, D Amar… - PLoS computational …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The adaptation of the CRISPR-Cas9 system as a genome editing technique has generated
much excitement in recent years owing to its ability to manipulate targeted genes and …

Making sense of GWAS: using epigenomics and genome engineering to understand the functional relevance of SNPs in non-coding regions of the human genome

YG Tak, PJ Farnham - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2015 - Springer
Considerable progress towards an understanding of complex diseases has been made in
recent years due to the development of high-throughput genotyping technologies. Using …

Genetic determinants and epigenetic effects of pioneer-factor occupancy

J Donaghey, S Thakurela, J Charlton, JS Chen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) direct developmental transitions by binding to target DNA
sequences, influencing gene expression and establishing complex gene-regultory networks …

Systematic dissection of genomic features determining transcription factor binding and enhancer function

SR Grossman, X Zhang, L Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Enhancers regulate gene expression through the binding of sequence-specific transcription
factors (TFs) to cognate motifs. Various features influence TF binding and enhancer function …

[HTML][HTML] Accurate identification of DNA replication origin by fusing epigenomics and chromatin interaction information

FY Dao, H Lv, MJ Fullwood, H Lin - Research, 2022 - spj.science.org
DNA replication initiation is a complex process involving various genetic and epigenomic
signatures. The correct identification of replication origins (ORIs) could provide important …

DeepSTARR predicts enhancer activity from DNA sequence and enables the de novo design of synthetic enhancers

BP de Almeida, F Reiter, M Pagani, A Stark - Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Enhancer sequences control gene expression and comprise binding sites (motifs) for
different transcription factors (TFs). Despite extensive genetic and computational studies, the …