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Iterative correction of Hi-C data reveals hallmarks of chromosome organization

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Imakaev, Maxim, Fudenberg, Geoffrey, McCord, Rachel Patton, Naumova, Natalia, Goloborodko, Anton, Lajoie, Bryan R, Dekker, Job, Mirny, Leonid A·2012·Nature Methods

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Extracting biologically meaningful information from chromosomal interactions obtained with genome-wide chromosome conformation capture (3C) analyses requires the elimination of systematic biases. We present a computational pipeline that integrates a strategy to map sequencing reads with a data-driven method for iterative correction of biases, yielding genome-wide maps of relative contact probabilities. We validate this ICE (iterative correction and eigenvector decomposition) technique on published data obtained by the high-throughput 3C method Hi-C, and we demonstrate that eigenvector decomposition of the obtained maps provides insights into local chromatin states, global patterns of chromosomal interactions, and the conserved organization of human and mouse chromosomes.

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Imakaev, M., Fudenberg, G., McCord, R. P., Naumova, N., Goloborodko, A., Lajoie, B. R., Dekker, J., & Mirny, L. A.
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
Corresponding author
  • Dekker, Job
  • Mirny, Leonid A
Venue
Nature Methods
Published
2012-09-02
Volume
9
Issue
10
Pages
999-1003
ISSN
  • 1548-7091 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-7105
OpenAlex
W2097798909
Cited by
1,423
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22
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17.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Methods (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) (submittedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PMC
Funders
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (HG003143, R01HG003143)
  • National Cancer Institute (U54CA143874)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (F32GM100617)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
Keywords
Hi-C, chromosome conformation capture, bias correction, chromatin organization, human chromosomes, mouse chromosomes
MeSH terms
Chromatin, Chromosome Mapping, Chromosomes, Human, Humans, Nucleic Acid Conformation, High-Throughput Screening Assays

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