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ArticleeLife2026

Massively parallel reporter assay for mapping gene-specific regulatory regions at single-nucleotide resolution.

Alastair J Tulloch, Ryan Nicholas Delgado, Rinaldo Catta-Preta, Constance L Cepko

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Article in eLife, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Alastair J TullochDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7631-4300
Ryan Nicholas DelgadoDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7551-0182
Rinaldo Catta-PretaDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9833-1278
Constance L CepkoDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9945-6387

Funding

NEI NIH HHS 5K99EY034603NEI NIH HHS 5R01EY029771
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precise gene regulation is essential for tissue development and function, yet mapping cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) at high resolution and in specific cell types remains challenging. We introduce two complementary strategies-a locus-specific massively parallel reporter assay (LS-MPRA) and a degenerate MPRA (d-MPRA)-designed to overcome limitations in throughput, resolution, and prior knowledge requirements. LS-MPRA uses BAC-based libraries to densely sample genomic regions, enabling unbiased interrogation of millions of DNA fragments for CRM activity. D-MPRA applies systematic mutagenesis to resolve CRM architecture at single-nucleotide resolution, nominating essential bases that may function as TF binding sites or other regulatory elements. We applied these methods to retinal genes expressed in mature rods and bipolar interneurons using in vivo and ex vivo mouse (

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Chromosome MappingGene Expression RegulationGenes, ReporterHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidAnimalsMiceRetinachickenchromosomescis-regulatory moduledevelopmental biologygene expressiongene regulationmassively parallel reporter assaymouseOlig2retinal progenitor cell

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PMID41738738
PMCPMC12935429

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