MNase titration reveals differences between nucleosome occupancy and chromatin accessibility

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Mieczkowski, Jakub ^a   Cook, April ^a   Bowman, Sarah K ^a   Mueller, Britta ^a   Alver, Burak H ^b   Kundu, Sharmistha ^a   Deaton, Aimee M ^a   Urban, Jennifer A ^c   Larschan, Erica ^c   Park, Peter J ^b   Kingston, Robert E ^a   Tolstorukov, Michael Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE;

CHROMATE; DIGESTIBILITY; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOMICS; HETEROGENEITY; IMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ACCESSIBILITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; TITRIMETRY; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; K-562 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; MICE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84967164105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11485     Document Type: Article

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