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ArticleGenome biology2026

CLAMP: predicting specific protein-mediated chromatin loops in diverse species with a chromatin accessibility language model.

Zhijie He, Yu Sun, Hao Li, Canzhuang Sun, Xianhui Yang, Hebing Chen, Mingzhi Liao, Xiaochen Bo

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Article in Genome biology, 2026. 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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Zhijie He *Center of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, 712100, China.
Yu Sun *Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850, China.
Hao Li *Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850, China.
Canzhuang SunCenter of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, 712100, China.
Xianhui YangCollege of Mathematics and Systems Science, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China.
Hebing ChenAcademy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850, China. chb-1012@163.com.
Mingzhi LiaoCenter of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, 712100, China. liaomingzhi83@163.com.
Xiaochen BoAcademy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850, China. boxiaoc@163.com.

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Beijing Nova Program 20230484290National Key R&D Program of China 2024YFA1307700National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFF0725500National Natural Science Foundation of China 62402518National Natural Science Foundation of China 62422318 and 62173338National Natural Science Foundation of China 62472360National Natural Science Foundation of China 62473378Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Shaanxi Province 2024JC-JCQN-29
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Abstract

Emerging DNA language models provide powerful tools to address the challenge of accurately predicting chromatin loops, fundamental structures governing 3D genome organization and gene regulation. Here we present CLAMP, which utilizes a deep language model pre-trained on broad cross-species chromatin accessibility data. CLAMP achieves superior performance compared to existing methods in predicting specific protein-mediated loops across 10 species, 18 proteins, and 24 cell types. CLAMP incorporates a novel CoVE explainer that reveals context-dependent genomic feature contributions, providing insights into the features driving predictions. CLAMP predictions effectively identify functionally significant chromatin loops and associated biological pathways.

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ChromatinAnimalsHumansLarge Language ModelsChromatin3D GenomeChromatin loopsEpigenomicsLanguage models

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