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      "name": "Xiaochen Bo"
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    {
      "name": "Hao Li"
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      "name": "Yongqi Zhang"
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  "published": "2026-10-24",
  "publisher": "Springer Science and Business Media LLC",
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  "title": "Recommendation system-inspired learning of crossmodal interaction patterns between chromatin accessibility and gene expression",
  "title_text": "Recommendation system-inspired learning of crossmodal interaction patterns between chromatin accessibility and gene expression",
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  "venue": "Nature Communications",
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