Publications

• Identification of predictive cis-regulatory elements using a discriminative objective function and dynamic search spaces. Karnik, R, and Beer MA. 2012. (submitted)

• Enhanced Regulatory Sequence Prediction Using Gapped k-mer Features. Ghandi M*, Lee D*, Mohammad-Noori M, and Beer MA. 2013 PLOS Computational Biology (accepted)

• Mammalian Enhancer Prediction. Lee D, Beer MA. 2014. Genome Analysis: Current Procedures and Applications. Horizon Press

• Robust k-mer Frequency Estimation Using Gapped k-mers. Ghandi M, Mohammad-Noori M, and Beer MA. 2013. Journal of Mathematical Biology. (Epub ahead of print)

• kmer-SVM: a web server for identifying predictive regulatory sequence features in genomic datasets. Fletez-Brant C*, Lee D*, McCallion AS and Beer MA. 2013. Nucleic Acids Research 41: W544–W556.

• Integration of ChIP-seq and Machine Learning Reveals Enhancers and a Predictive Regulatory Sequence Vocabulary in Melanocytes. Gorkin DU, Lee D, Reed X, Fletez-Brant C, Blessling SL, Loftus SK, Beer MA, Pavan WJ, and McCallion AS. 2012. Genome Research 22:2290-2301.

• Group Normalization for Genomic Data. Ghandi M, and Beer MA. 2012. PLoS ONE 7:e38695.

• Discriminative prediction of mammalian enhancers from DNA sequence. Lee D, Karchin R, and Beer MA. 2011. Genome Research 21:2167-2180.

• Identification of Novel Phosphorylation Motifs Through an Integrative Computational and Experimental Analysis of the Human Phosphoproteome. Amanchy R, Kandasamy K, Mathivanan S, Periaswamy B, Reddy R, Yoon WH, Joore J, Beer MA, Cope L, Pandey A. 2011. J Proteomics Bioinform 4:22-35.

• A common allele in RPGRIP1L is a modifier of retinal degeneration in ciliopathies. Khanna H, Davis EE, Murga-Zamalloa CA, Estrada-Cuzcano A, Lopez I, den Hollander AI, Zonneveld MN, Othman MI, Waseem N, Chakarova CF, Maubaret C, Diaz-Font A, MacDonald I, Muzny DM, Wheeler DA, Morgan M, Lewis LR, Logan CV, Tan PL, Beer MA, Inglehearn CF, Lewis RA, Jacobson SG, Bergmann C, Beales PL, Attié-Bitach T, Johnson CA, Otto EA, Bhattacharya SS, Hildebrandt F, Gibbs RA, Koenekoop RK, Swaroop A, Katsanis N. 2009. Nat Genet. 41:739-45.

• Identification of miR-21 targets in breast cancer cells using a quantitative proteomic approach. Yang Y, Chaerkady R, Beer MA, Mendell JT, and Pandey A. 2009. Proteomics 9:1374-1384.

• Lin-28B transactivation is necessary for Myc-mediated let-7 repression and proliferation. Chang T-C, Zeitels LR, Hwang H-W, Chivukula RR, Wentzel EA, Dews M, Jung J, Gao P, Dang CV, Beer MA, Thomas-Tikhonenko A, and Mendell JT. 2009. PNAS 106:3384-3389.

• Metrics of sequence constraint overlook regulatory sequences in an exhaustive analysis at phox2b. McGaughey DM, Vinton RM, Huynh J, Al-Saif A, Beer MA, and McCallion AS. 2008. Genome Research 18:252-260.

• Transactivation of miR-34a by p53 Broadly Influences Gene Expression and Promotes Apoptosis. Chang T-C, Wentzel EA, Kent OA, Ramachandran K, Mullendore M, Lee KH, Feldmann G, Yamakuchi M, Ferlito M, Lowenstein CJ, Arking DE, Beer MA, Maitra A, and Mendell JT. 2007. Molecular Cell 26: 745-752.

• Functional Characterization of a Novel Ku70/80 Pause Site at the H19/Igf2 Imprinting Control Region. Katz DJ, Beer MA, Levorse JM, and Tilghman SM. 2005. Mol Cell Biol 25:3855-3863.

• Whole-Genome Discovery of Transcription Factor Binding Sites by Network-Level Conservation. Pritsker M, Liu Y-C, Beer MA, and Tavazoie S. 2004. Genome Research 14:99-108.

• Predicting Gene Expression from Sequence. Beer MA and Tavazoie S. 2004. Cell 117:185-198.