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ArticleGenome biology2024

Splam: a deep-learning-based splice site predictor that improves spliced alignments.

Kuan-Hao Chao, Alan Mao, Steven L Salzberg, Mihaela Pertea

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Article in Genome biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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Kuan-Hao ChaoDepartment of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA. kh.chao@cs.jhu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0099-0692
Alan MaoDepartment of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
Steven L SalzbergDepartment of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
Mihaela PerteaDepartment of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA. mpertea@jhu.edu.

Funding

Computational Methods for Genome Assembly, Transcript Assembly, and Variant DiscoveryR01HG006677 · NHGRI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SALZBERG, STEVEN L. · 2011 to 2025
$10.7M
Comprehensive Human Expressed Sequences in Brain (CHESS-BRAIN) and their roles in neuropsychiatric illnessR01MH123567 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SALZBERG, STEVEN L. · 2021 to 2025
$2.8M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG006677NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH123567
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The process of splicing messenger RNA to remove introns plays a central role in creating genes and gene variants. We describe Splam, a novel method for predicting splice junctions in DNA using deep residual convolutional neural networks. Unlike previous models, Splam looks at a 400-base-pair window flanking each splice site, reflecting the biological splicing process that relies primarily on signals within this window. Splam also trains on donor and acceptor pairs together, mirroring how the splicing machinery recognizes both ends of each intron. Compared to SpliceAI, Splam is consistently more accurate, achieving 96% accuracy in predicting human splice junctions.

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Deep LearningRNA Splice SitesRNA SplicingHumansIntronsNeural Networks, ComputerSequence AlignmentRNA Splice SitesConvolutional neural networkDeep learningDilated convolutionResidual blockSpliced alignmentSplice site predictor

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PMID39285451
PMCPMC11406845

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