Agro-STARR-seq enables in planta genome-wide enhancer discovery and AI-empowerd enhancer design
Yongzhou Bao, Xiwen Zhang, Yanwei Song, Huiming Li, Junyan Qi, Hongqiu Cui, Na Li, Yun Chen, Weigang Zheng, Lingna Xu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Choulin Chen, Fangjie Zhu, Shaoqun Zhou, Zhaohong Li, Yuwen Liu
The paper introduces Agro-STARR-seq, an in planta enhancer screening method, and uses AI to design synthetic enhancers, identifying 14,715 active sequences in Arabidopsis.
bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2025 · PreprintGenomics