EPIP

EPIP predicts condition-specific enhancer–promoter interactions (EPIs) from genomic data to support analysis of gene transcriptional regulation.


Key Features:

  • Condition-Specific EPI Prediction: Identifies enhancer–promoter interactions that occur under specific biological conditions.
  • Flexible Data Utilization: Generates predictions using datasets with either limited or extensive genomic information.
  • High Predictive Performance: Achieves high accuracy in identifying enhancer–promoter interactions across multiple cell lines.
  • Cross-Cell-Line Evaluation: Demonstrates predictive performance across more than eight distinct cell lines.

Scientific Applications:

  • Gene Regulation Studies: Investigates regulatory relationships between enhancers and promoters that influence transcription.
  • Functional Genomics Analysis: Identifies regulatory interactions underlying condition-specific gene expression.
  • Epigenomic Interaction Mapping: Supports computational discovery of enhancer–promoter interactions in different cellular contexts.

Methodology:

EPIP applies computational algorithms to genomic datasets to predict enhancer–promoter interactions and identify condition-specific regulatory relationships.

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Details

Tool Type:
command-line tool
Programming Languages:
Python
Added:
11/14/2019
Last Updated:
11/24/2024

Operations

Publications

Talukder A, Saadat S, Li X, Hu H. EPIP: a novel approach for condition-specific enhancer–promoter interaction prediction. Bioinformatics. 2019;35(20):3877-3883. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btz641. PMID:31410461. PMCID:PMC7963088.

PMID: 31410461
PMCID: PMC7963088
Funding: - National Science Foundation: 1149955, 1356524, 1661414 - National Institute of Health: R15GM123407