Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Machine learning uncovers cell identity regulator by histone code

  • Bo Xia,
  • Dongyu Zhao,
  • Guangyu Wang,
  • Min Zhang,
  • Jie Lv,
  • Alin S. Tomoiaga,
  • Yanqiang Li,
  • Xin Wang,
  • Shu Meng,
  • John P. Cooke,
  • Qi Cao,
  • Lili Zhang,
  • Kaifu Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16539-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Identification of genes that determine and regulate cell identity remains challenging. Here, the authors use machine learning to identify cell identity genes and master regulator transcription factors based on gene expression profiles and histone modifications.