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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2024

GPro: generative AI-empowered toolkit for promoter design.

Haochen Wang, Qixiu Du, Ye Wang, Hanwen Xu, Zheng Wei, Xiaowo Wang

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Article in Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. UnconditionalSynthetic and systems biotechnology · 2026
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  6. Deep Generative Model-Driven Design of Microbial Synthetic Promoters.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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6 authors.

Haochen WangMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1191-6682
Qixiu DuMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0009-0008-8351-618X
Ye WangMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Hanwen XuMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Zheng WeiMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2060-7486
Xiaowo WangMinistry of Education Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2965-8036

Funding

Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation Z230015National Natural Science Foundation of China 62250007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

motivationPromoters with desirable properties are crucial in biotechnological applications. Generative AI (GenAI) has demonstrated potential in creating novel synthetic promoters with significantly enhanced functionality. However, these methods' reliance on various programming frameworks and specific task-oriented contexts limits their flexibilities. Overcoming these limitations is essential for researchers to fully leverage the power of GenAI to design promoters for their tasks.

resultsHere, we introduce GPro (Generative AI-empowered toolkit for promoter design), a user-friendly toolkit that integrates a collection of cutting-edge GenAI-empowered approaches for promoter design. This toolkit provides a standardized pipeline covering essential promoter design processes, including training, optimization, and evaluation. Several detailed demos are provided to reproduce state-of-the-art promoter design pipelines. GPro's user-friendly interface makes it accessible to a wide range of users including non-AI experts. It also offers a variety of optional algorithms for each design process, and gives users the flexibility to compare methods and create customized pipelines. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: GPro is released as an open-source software under the MIT license. The source code for GPro is available on GitHub for Linux, macOS, and Windows: https://github.com/WangLabTHU/GPro, and is available for download via Zenodo repository at https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10681733.

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AlgorithmsSoftwareArtificial IntelligencePromoter Regions, Genetic

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