Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Deep learning connects DNA traces to transcription to reveal predictive features beyond enhancer–promoter contact

  • Aparna R. Rajpurkar,
  • Leslie J. Mateo,
  • Sedona E. Murphy,
  • Alistair N. Boettiger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23831-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Recent advances in super-resolution microscopy have made it possible to measure chromatin 3D structure and transcription in thousands of single cells. Here, authors present a deep learning-based approach to characterise how chromatin structure relates to transcriptional state of individual cells and determine which structural features of chromatin regulation are important for gene expression state.