CheckAMG: Accurate Identification of Auxiliary Viral Genes with Genome-Language Models
James C. Kosmopoulos, Cody Martin, James M. Wainaina, Benjamin Bolduc, Marion Urvoy, Matthew B. Sullivan, Karthik Anantharaman
CheckAMG identifies auxiliary viral genes by combining annotation-based prediction with a genome-language model, improving accuracy and uncovering novel genes with no sequence similarity to references.
bioRxiv · Sep 27, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics