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ArticleBioinformatics advances2026

AmalgaMo: flexible DNA motif merging.

Orsolya Lapohos, Gregory J Fonseca

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Orsolya LapohosMeakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9409-2484
Gregory J FonsecaDepartment of Medical Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3073-5724

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Abstract

Motivation: Inference of candidate upstream regulators via motif enrichment analysis is a common step in the interpretation of genomic data. However, redundancy in motif databases can negatively impact predictive value, especially when relying on regression-based motif enrichment analysis. Although various forms of motif clustering have been used to mitigate problems caused by redundancy, an algorithm optimized for downstream regression-based analysis is needed. Results: We introduce AmalgaMo, an efficient and flexible command-line tool for merging highly similar motifs. Using publicly available human datasets, we demonstrate that merging motifs with our optimized settings greatly benefits regression-based motif enrichment analysis and provide detailed documentation that can serve as a reference for researchers inferring upstream regulators from genomic data. Availability and implementation: AmalgaMo is available on GitHub at https://github.com/lapohosorsolya/AmalgaMo.

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