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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2023

RGT: a toolbox for the integrative analysis of high throughput regulatory genomics data.

Zhijian Li, Chao-Chung Kuo, Fabio Ticconi, Mina Shaigan, Julia Gehrmann, Eduardo Gade Gusmao, Manuel Allhoff, Martin Manolov, Martin Zenke, Ivan G Costa

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhijian Li *Institute for Computational Genomics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany. zhijian.li@rwth-aachen.de.
Chao-Chung Kuo *Institute for Computational Genomics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Fabio TicconiInstitute for Computational Genomics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Mina ShaiganInstitute for Computational Genomics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Julia GehrmannInstitute for Computational Genomics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Eduardo Gade GusmaoInstitute for Computational Genomics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Manuel AllhoffInstitute for Computational Genomics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Martin ManolovInstitute for Computational Genomics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Martin ZenkeDepartment of Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Ivan G CostaInstitute for Computational Genomics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany. ivan.costa@rwth-aachen.de.
RWTH Aachen University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMassive amounts of data are produced by combining next-generation sequencing with complex biochemistry techniques to characterize regulatory genomics profiles, such as protein-DNA interaction and chromatin accessibility. Interpretation of such high-throughput data typically requires different computation methods. However, existing tools are usually developed for a specific task, which makes it challenging to analyze the data in an integrative manner.

resultsWe here describe the Regulatory Genomics Toolbox (RGT), a computational library for the integrative analysis of regulatory genomics data. RGT provides different functionalities to handle genomic signals and regions. Based on that, we developed several tools to perform distinct downstream analyses, including the prediction of transcription factor binding sites using ATAC-seq data, identification of differential peaks from ChIP-seq data, and detection of triple helix mediated RNA and DNA interactions, visualization, and finding an association between distinct regulatory factors.

conclusionWe present here RGT; a framework to facilitate the customization of computational methods to analyze genomic data for specific regulatory genomics problems. RGT is a comprehensive and flexible Python package for analyzing high throughput regulatory genomics data and is available at: https://github.com/CostaLab/reg-gen . The documentation is available at: https://reg-gen.readthedocs.io.

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ChromatinGenomicsChromatin Immunoprecipitation SequencingDocumentationGene LibraryChromatinDifferential peaksFootprintingIntersection algebraMotif analysisRegulatory genomicsVisualization

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PMID36879236
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