Robust Target Gene Discovery through Transcriptome Perturbations and Genome-Wide Enhancer Predictions in Drosophila Uncovers a Regulatory Basis for Sensory Specification

CisTarget X is a novel computational method that accurately predicts Atonal governed regulatory networks in the retina of the fruit fly.

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