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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2021

Spliceator: multi-species splice site prediction using convolutional neural networks.

Nicolas Scalzitti, Arnaud Kress, Romain Orhand, Thomas Weber, Luc Moulinier, Anne Jeannin-Girardon, Pierre Collet, Olivier Poch, Julie D Thompson

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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9 authors.

Nicolas ScalzittiComplex Systems and Translational Bioinformatics (CSTB), ICube Laboratory, UMR7357, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Eugène Boeckel, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Arnaud KressComplex Systems and Translational Bioinformatics (CSTB), ICube Laboratory, UMR7357, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Eugène Boeckel, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Romain OrhandComplex Systems and Translational Bioinformatics (CSTB), ICube Laboratory, UMR7357, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Eugène Boeckel, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Thomas WeberComplex Systems and Translational Bioinformatics (CSTB), ICube Laboratory, UMR7357, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Eugène Boeckel, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Luc MoulinierComplex Systems and Translational Bioinformatics (CSTB), ICube Laboratory, UMR7357, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Eugène Boeckel, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Anne Jeannin-GirardonComplex Systems and Translational Bioinformatics (CSTB), ICube Laboratory, UMR7357, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Eugène Boeckel, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Pierre ColletComplex Systems and Translational Bioinformatics (CSTB), ICube Laboratory, UMR7357, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Eugène Boeckel, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Olivier PochComplex Systems and Translational Bioinformatics (CSTB), ICube Laboratory, UMR7357, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Eugène Boeckel, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
Julie D ThompsonComplex Systems and Translational Bioinformatics (CSTB), ICube Laboratory, UMR7357, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Eugène Boeckel, 67000, Strasbourg, France. thompson@unistra.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4893-3478

Funding

agence nationale de la recherche ANR-11-INBS-0013agence nationale de la recherche ANR-18-RAR3-0006-02agence nationale de la recherche GA-676559
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAb initio prediction of splice sites is an essential step in eukaryotic genome annotation. Recent predictors have exploited Deep Learning algorithms and reliable gene structures from model organisms. However, Deep Learning methods for non-model organisms are lacking.

resultsWe developed Spliceator to predict splice sites in a wide range of species, including model and non-model organisms. Spliceator uses a convolutional neural network and is trained on carefully validated data from over 100 organisms. We show that Spliceator achieves consistently high accuracy (89-92%) compared to existing methods on independent benchmarks from human, fish, fly, worm, plant and protist organisms.

conclusionsSpliceator is a new Deep Learning method trained on high-quality data, which can be used to predict splice sites in diverse organisms, ranging from human to protists, with consistently high accuracy.

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AlgorithmsNeural Networks, ComputerAnimalsGenomeHumansConvolutional neural networkData qualityDeep learningGenome annotationSplice site prediction

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PMID34814826
PMCPMC8609763

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