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ArticlemSystems2025

Combining diffusion and transformer models for enhanced promoter synthesis and strength prediction in deep learning.

Xin Lei, Xing Wang, Guanlin Chen, Ce Liang, Quhuan Li, Huaiguang Jiang, Wei Xiong

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Article in mSystems, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  1. UnconditionalSynthetic and systems biotechnology · 2026
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  5. Deep Generative Model-Driven Design of Microbial Synthetic Promoters.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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7 authors.

Xin LeiSchool of Future Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0009-0008-3124-7416
Xing WangSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Guanlin ChenSchool of Future Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Ce LiangResearch Projects Department, Guangdong Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Quhuan LiSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Huaiguang JiangSchool of Future Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0009-0000-1182-4302
Wei XiongSchool of Biology and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7046-4172

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 2023ZYGXZR105South China University of Technology D6242100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the field of synthetic biology, the engineering of synthetic promoters that outperform their natural counterparts is of paramount importance, which can optimize the expression of exogenous genes, enhance the efficiency of metabolic pathways, and possess substantial commercial value. Research indicates that some synthetic promoters have higher transcriptional activity compared to strong natural promoters. However, with the exponential increase in complexity due to the 4 IMPORTANCE: We demonstrated that diffusion models are superior in accomplishing the promoter synthesis task compared to other state-of-the-art deep learning models. The effectiveness of our method was validated using data sets of

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Deep LearningPromoter Regions, GeneticSynthetic BiologyCyanobacteriaEscherichia colideep learningdiffusion modelsynthetic promotertransformer

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PMID40105319
PMCPMC12013266

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