Trac-looping measures genome structure and chromatin accessibility

B Lai, Q Tang, W Jin, G Hu, D Wangsa, K Cui… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
B Lai, Q Tang, W Jin, G Hu, D Wangsa, K Cui, BZ Stanton, G Ren, Y Ding, M Zhao, S Liu
Nature methods, 2018nature.com
Long-range chromatin interactions play critical roles in genome organization and regulation
of transcription. We now report transposase-mediated analysis of chromatin looping (Trac-
looping) for simultaneous detection of multiscale genome-wide chromatin interactions
among regulatory elements and chromatin accessibility. With this technique, a bivalent
oligonucleotide linker is inserted between two interacting regions such that the chromatin
interactions are captured without prior chromatin fragmentation and proximity-based ligation …
Abstract
Long-range chromatin interactions play critical roles in genome organization and regulation of transcription. We now report transposase-mediated analysis of chromatin looping (Trac-looping) for simultaneous detection of multiscale genome-wide chromatin interactions among regulatory elements and chromatin accessibility. With this technique, a bivalent oligonucleotide linker is inserted between two interacting regions such that the chromatin interactions are captured without prior chromatin fragmentation and proximity-based ligation. Application of Trac-looping to human CD4+ T cells revealed substantial reorganization of enhancer–promoter interactions associated with changes in gene expression after T cell receptor stimulation.
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