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Title: Modeling chromatin state from sequence across angiosperms using recurrent convolutional neural networks
Core Ideas Cross‐species models of chromatin state from sequence are comparable or superior to within‐species models. Model performance is highest on accessible regions open in many tissues. Transcription factor motifs can be ranked by importance to each species and chromatin state.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1934384
PAR ID:
10464258
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Plant Genome
Volume:
15
Issue:
3
ISSN:
1940-3372
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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