A 5′ UTR language model for decoding untranslated regions of mRNA and function predictions

Y Chu, D Yu, Y Li, K Huang, Y Shen, L Cong… - Nature Machine …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The 5′ untranslated region (UTR), a regulatory region at the beginning of a
messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule, plays a crucial role in regulating the translation process …

Decoding biology with massively parallel reporter assays and machine learning

A La Fleur, Y Shi, G Seelig - Genes & Development, 2024 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Massively parallel reporter assays (MPRAs) are powerful tools for quantifying the impacts of
sequence variation on gene expression. Reading out molecular phenotypes with …

Current limitations in predicting mRNA translation with deep learning models

N Schlusser, A González, M Pandey, M Zavolan - Genome Biology, 2024 - Springer
Background The design of nucleotide sequences with defined properties is a long-standing
problem in bioengineering. An important application is protein expression, be it in the …

[HTML][HTML] mRNA Vaccine Sequence and Structure Design and Optimization: Advances and Challenges

L Jin, Y Zhou, S Zhang, SJ Chen - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have emerged as a powerful tool against communicable
diseases and cancers, as demonstrated by their huge success during the coronavirus …

Unveil cis-acting combinatorial mRNA motifs by interpreting deep neural network

X Zeng, Z Wei, Q Du, J Li, Z Xie, X Wang - Bioinformatics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cis-acting mRNA elements play a key role in the regulation of mRNA stability and translation
efficiency. Revealing the interactions of these elements and their impact plays a crucial role …

Utrgan: Learning to generate 5'utr sequences for optimized translation efficiency and gene expression

S Barazandeh, F Ozden, A Hincer, UOS Seker… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Abstract The 5'untranslated region (5'UTR) of the messenger RNA plays a crucial role in the
translatability and stability of the molecule. Thus, it is an important component in the design …