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ATAC-seq: a method for assaying chromatin accessibility genome-wide

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Buenrostro, Jason D., Wu, Beijing, Chang, Howard Y., Greenleaf, William J.·2015·Current Protocols in Molecular Biology

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This unit describes Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin with high-throughput sequencing (ATAC-seq), a method for mapping chromatin accessibility genome-wide. This method probes DNA accessibility with hyperactive Tn5 transposase, which inserts sequencing adapters into accessible regions of chromatin. Sequencing reads can then be used to infer regions of increased accessibility, as well as to map regions of transcription-factor binding and nucleosome position. The method is a fast and sensitive alternative to DNase-seq for assaying chromatin accessibility genome-wide, or to MNase-seq for assaying nucleosome positions in accessible regions of the genome.

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  • Histone modifications can reliably be measured across the genome using ChIP-seq, while chromatin accessibility is typically measured by either DNase-seq or ATAC-seq.

    “Histone modifications can reliably be measured across the genome using chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq), while chromatin accessibility is typically measured by either DNase hypersensitivity analysis (DNase-seq) [168] or assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing”

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Authors
Buenrostro, J. D., Wu, B., Chang, H. Y., & Greenleaf, W. J.
Affiliations
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
Venue
Current Protocols in Molecular Biology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-01
Volume
109
Issue
1
Pages
21.29.1-21.29.9
ISSN
  • 1934-3639 (ISSN-L)
  • 1934-3647
OpenAlex
W1531821806
Cited by
3,289
References
18
Citations by year
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FWCI
50.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Current Protocols in Molecular Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (P50HG007735, T32HG000044)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U19AI057229)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U01DK089532)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (RC4NS073015)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Keywords
ATAC-seq, chromatin accessibility, Tn5 transposase, DNA accessibility, transcription factor binding, nucleosome positioning, genome-wide mapping
MeSH terms
Chromatin, Cytological Techniques, Molecular Biology, Protein Binding, Recombination, Genetic, Staining and Labeling, Transposases, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing

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