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Due to the inherent technical noise present in the experimental protocols, researchers need statistically rigorous and computationally efficient methods to extract true biological signal from a mixture of signal and noise. However, existing approaches are often computationally demanding or require input or spike-in controls.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We developed Chrom-Sig, a Python package to quickly de-noise 1D genomic coverage tracks by computing the empirical null distribution without prior assumptions or experimental controls. When tested on 19 ChIP-seq, CUT&amp;RUN, ATAC-seq, and snATAC-seq datasets, Chrom-Sig can effectively decompose the data into signal and noise components. Notably, Chrom-Sig performs de-noising and peak calling in 1\u20132\u2009h using around 20\u00a0GB of memory. The de-noised signal corroborates with biologically meaningful results: CTCF CUT&amp;RUN data retained a high percentage of peaks overlapping CTCF binding motifs, while ATAC-seq and RNA Polymerase II data were enriched in enhancers and promoters. We envision Chrom-Sig to be a versatile and general tool for current and future genomic technologies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Availability and implementation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Chrom-Sig is publicly available on GitHub (https:\/\/github.com\/minjikimlab\/chromsig) and Zenodo (doi: 10.5281\/zenodo.17488772) under the MIT licence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btaf645","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,27]],"date-time":"2025-11-27T13:13:34Z","timestamp":1764249214000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Chrom-Sig: de-noising 1D genomic profiles by signal processing methods"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Nandita J","family":"Gupta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Michigan Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, , Ann Arbor, MI 48109,","place":["United States"]},{"name":"University of Michigan Gilbert S. 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