DeepC: predicting 3D genome folding using megabase-scale transfer learning

Nat Methods. 2020 Nov;17(11):1118-1124. doi: 10.1038/s41592-020-0960-3. Epub 2020 Oct 12.

Abstract

Predicting the impact of noncoding genetic variation requires interpreting it in the context of three-dimensional genome architecture. We have developed deepC, a transfer-learning-based deep neural network that accurately predicts genome folding from megabase-scale DNA sequence. DeepC predicts domain boundaries at high resolution, learns the sequence determinants of genome folding and predicts the impact of both large-scale structural and single base-pair variations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • CCCTC-Binding Factor / genetics
  • Chromatin / genetics
  • Computer Simulation
  • Genome, Human / genetics*
  • Genomic Structural Variation
  • Genomics / methods*
  • Humans
  • Models, Genetic*
  • Neural Networks, Computer*

Substances

  • CCCTC-Binding Factor
  • CTCF protein, human
  • Chromatin