Novel Drosophila cis-regulatory elements can be uncovered by footprinting transcription factor binding sites in ATAC-seq data
Christian Mei, Jillian Ness, Katherine Nakai, Zeba Wunderlich
The paper uses ATAC-seq data and TF footprinting tools to identify novel cis-regulatory elements in Drosophila embryos, finding that many TF binding sites lie outside known enhancers.
bioRxiv · Jun 25, 2026 · PreprintGenomics