A robust chromatin immunoprecipitation protocol for studying transcription factor-DNA interactions and histone modifications in wood-forming tissue

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2180-2193

  Li, Wei ^a,b   Lin, Ying Chung ^a,b   Li, Quanzi ^a,b,c   Shi, Rui ^b   Lin, Chien Yuan ^b   Chen, Hao ^b   Chuang, Ling ^b   Qu, Guan Zheng ^a   Sederoff, Ronald R ^b   Chiang, Vincent L ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULUS; PROCEDURES; WOOD; XYLEM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HISTONES; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84907021263     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.146     Document Type: Review

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