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ArticleNature communications2025

High-throughput DNA melt measurements enable improved models of DNA folding thermodynamics.

Yuxi Ke, Eesha Sharma, Hannah K Wayment-Steele, Winston R Becker, Anthony Ho, Emil Marklund, William J Greenleaf

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Melting Profile of DNA in Crowded Solution: Model-Based Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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7 authors.

Yuxi KeDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1131-0998
Eesha SharmaDepartment of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Hannah K Wayment-SteeleDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Winston R BeckerProgram in Biophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7876-5060
Anthony HoDepartment of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Emil MarklundDepartment of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
William J GreenleafDepartment of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. wjg@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1409-3095

Funding

Time-resolved small angle X-ray scatteringP01GM066275 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HERSCHLAG, DANIEL · 2003 to 2017
$17.8M
Special EquipmentP50HG007735 · NHGRI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CHANG, HOWARD Y · 2014 to 2018
$15.2M
High-throughput systematic characterization of regulatory element functionUM1HG009436 · NHGRI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BASSIK, MICHAEL C, GREENLEAF, WILLIAM JAMES · 2017 to 2021
$5.4M
Combinatorial Cell State EngineeringDP1HG013599 · NHGRI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI William James Greenleaf · 2023 to 2026
$5.4M
Genome wide identification and functional analysis of chromatin regulatory RNAsR01HG009909 · NHGRI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GREENLEAF, WILLIAM JAMES, STRAIGHT, AARON F · 2018 to 2021
$2.5M
High-resolution modeling of protein-RNA interfacesR01GM121487 · NIGMS · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI BRADLEY, PHILIP · 2017 to 2020
$1.7M
Quantitative high-throughput nucleic acid assays on a sequencing chipR01GM111990 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GREENLEAF, WILLIAM JAMES · 2014 to 2018
$1.5M
NHGRI NIH HHS DP1 HG013599NHGRI NIH HHS P50 HG007735NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG009909NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG009436NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM066275NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM111990NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121487U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) P01GM066275U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) P50HG007735U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01GM111990U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01GM121487U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01HG009909U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) UM1HG009436
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA folding thermodynamics are central to many biological processes and biotechnological applications involving base-pairing. Current methods for predicting stability from DNA sequence use nearest-neighbor models that struggle to accurately capture the diverse sequence dependence of secondary structural motifs beyond Watson-Crick base pairs, likely due to insufficient experimental data. In this work, we introduce a massively parallel method, Array Melt, that uses fluorescence-based quenching signals to measure the equilibrium stability of millions of DNA hairpins simultaneously on a repurposed Illumina sequencing flow cell. By leveraging this dataset of 27,732 sequences with two-state melting behaviors, we derive a NUPACK-compatible model (dna24), a rich parameter model that exhibits higher accuracy, and a graph neural network (GNN) model that identifies relevant interactions within DNA beyond nearest neighbors. All models show improved accuracy in predicting DNA folding thermodynamics, enabling more effective in silico design of qPCR primers, oligo hybridization probes, and DNA origami.

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DNANucleic Acid ConformationBase PairingHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingNeural Networks, ComputerNucleic Acid DenaturationThermodynamicsDNA

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PMID40593545
PMCPMC12216960

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