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ArticleGenome biology2019

MPRAnalyze: statistical framework for massively parallel reporter assays.

Tal Ashuach, David S Fischer, Anat Kreimer, Nadav Ahituv, Fabian J Theis, Nir Yosef

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Article in Genome biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tal AshuachDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1939-0865
David S FischerInstitute of Computational Biology, Helmholz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
Anat KreimerDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Nadav AhituvDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Fabian J TheisInstitute of Computational Biology, Helmholz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.
Nir YosefDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA. niryosef@berkeley.edu.

Funding

Rules of gene expression modeled on human dendritic cell response to pathogensU01HG007910 · NHGRI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GARBER, MANUEL, LUBAN, JEREMY · 2015 to 2017
$6.1M
NHGRI NIH HHS U01HG007910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Massively parallel reporter assays (MPRAs) can measure the regulatory function of thousands of DNA sequences in a single experiment. Despite growing popularity, MPRA studies are limited by a lack of a unified framework for analyzing the resulting data. Here we present MPRAnalyze: a statistical framework for analyzing MPRA count data. Our model leverages the unique structure of MPRA data to quantify the function of regulatory sequences, compare sequences' activity across different conditions, and provide necessary flexibility in an evolving field. We demonstrate the accuracy and applicability of MPRAnalyze on simulated and published data and compare it with existing methods.

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Biological AssayGenes, ReporterSoftwareStatistics as TopicAllelesDatabases, GeneticGene Expression ProfilingHep G2 CellsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansK562 Cells

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PMID31477158
PMCPMC6717970

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