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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2025

MultiVis.js: a software tool for the visualization of multiway chromatin interactions and SPRITE data.

Jes Hui Min Kwek, Melissa Jane Fullwood

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 authors.

Jes Hui Min KwekSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551, Singapore.
Melissa Jane FullwoodSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551, Singapore. mfullwood@ntu.edu.sg.

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Ministry of Education - Singapore RT5/22
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiway chromatin interactions are essential for precise transcriptional regulation. Split-Pool Recognition of Interactions by Tag Extension (SPRITE) captures these interactions, which are typically visualized as pairwise heatmaps, where each bin represents one or more multiway contacts. Accurate representation requires downweighting and additional processing to avoid overrepresentation of pairwise signals. However, existing tools such as Juicebox lack the ability to adjust these parameters, leading to biased visualizations. To address this limitation, we introduce MultiVis, a user-friendly, interactive tool for precise and unbiased three-dimensional (3D) genome visualization. MultiVis also generates gene names without requiring external annotation files and allows users to select regions of interest to retrieve corresponding cluster information, thereby removing technical barriers for wet-lab biologists. By enabling real-time analysis, MultiVis accelerates genomics research and advances the study of 3D genome architecture and gene regulation.

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ChromatinSoftwareGenomicsChromatin3D genomicsChromatin architectureClusterContact heatmapContact matrixDownweightingMultiway interactionSPRITEVisualization

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PMID40457193
PMCPMC12131634

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