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ArticleGenome biology2025

TF Profiler: a transcription factor inference method that broadly measures transcription factor activity and identifies mechanistically distinct networks.

Taylor Jones, Rutendo F Sigauke, Lynn Sanford, Dylan J Taatjes, Mary A Allen, Robin D Dowell

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Article in Genome biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Taylor JonesBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
Rutendo F SigaukeBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
Lynn SanfordBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
Dylan J TaatjesBiochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
Mary A AllenBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA. mary.a.allen@colorado.edu.
Robin D DowellBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA. robin.dowell@colorado.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7665-9985

Funding

Predoctoral Training Molecular BiophysicsT32GM065103 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI FALKE, JOSEPH J · 2002 to 2021
$4.3M
Supplemental request for MAX-TL Ultracentrifuge and rotorR35GM139550 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI Dylan J Taatjes · 2021 to 2026
$3.8M
Mediator kinases as interferon antagonists in Down SyndromeR01AI156739 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI TAATJES, DYLAN J · 2020 to 2024
$2.4M
Function of RUNX1 in diverse Down syndrome tissuesR01HL156475 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI ALLEN, MARY A · 2021 to 2023
$2.1M
A Technique for Measuring Transcription Factor ActivityR01GM125871 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI DOWELL-DEEN, ROBIN DEANNE · 2018 to 2021
$1.6M
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health GM125871Foundation for the National Institutes of Health HL156475National Science Foundation ABI1759949NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL156475NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI156739NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM125871NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM139550NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM065103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TF Profiler is a method of inferring transcription factor (TF) regulatory activity, i.e., when a TF is present and actively participating in the regulation of transcription, directly from nascent sequencing assays such as PRO-seq and GRO-seq. While ChIP assays have measured DNA localization, they fall short of identifying when and where the effector domain of a transcription factor is active. Our method uses RNA polymerase activity to infer TF effector domain activity across hundreds of data sets and transcription factors. TF Profiler is broadly applicable, providing regulatory insights on any PRO-seq sample for any transcription factor with a known binding motif.

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Gene Regulatory NetworksSoftwareTranscription FactorsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesHumansDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesTranscription FactorsCellular regulationTissue specificityTranscription factor

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PMID40205447
PMCPMC11983743

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