Deciphering the Antigenic Evolution of Seasonal Influenza A Viruses with PREDAC-Transformer: From Antigenic Clustering to Key Site Identification
Jingze Liu, Jiangyuan Wang, Chuan Wang, Xiao Lan Ding, Wenping Xie, Luyao Qin, Aiping Wu, Jing Meng, Taijiao Jiang
This paper introduces PREDAC-Transformer, a deep learning framework that improves antigenic relationship prediction and identifies key amino acid sites driving influenza antigenic evolution.
bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2025 · PreprintBioinformatics