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Cleavage Under Targets and Tagmentation (CUT&Tag) is a powerful epigenetics technique for mapping chromatin modifications and transcription factors. This review consolidates its applications, advantages, disadvantages, and future trends in various biological studies.

Keywords:

CUT&Tag Tn5 tagmentation chromatin profiling epigenetics single-cell CUT&Tag

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Area of Science:

Epigenetics and Molecular Biology
Genomics and Bioinformatics

Background:

Genome-wide analysis of transcription factors and chromatin modifications is crucial for understanding gene regulation, cell differentiation, and cellular responses.
Chromatin immunoprecipitation is a standard method for chromatin mapping, with newer enzyme-tethering techniques emerging for live cells.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the applications of Cleavage Under Targets and Tagmentation (CUT&Tag) and its derivatives.
To provide a detailed explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of CUT&Tag.
To discuss the future development trends and applications of CUT&Tag in epigenetics.

Main Methods:

Cleavage Under Targets and Tagmentation (CUT&Tag) is a novel chromatin profiling technique rapidly adopted since 2019.
CUT&Tag has been adapted across species to map chromatin modifications and transcription factors (TFs).
Scalable single-cell CUT&Tag enables distinguishing cellular identity, epigenetic features, and spatial chromatin profiling.

Main Results:

CUT&Tag effectively maps chromatin modifications and TFs, revealing associations with physiological and pathological processes.
The technique supports joint profiling of the epigenome, transcriptome, or proteome from the same sample.
CUT&Tag offers versatility across different biological platforms and species.

Conclusions:

CUT&Tag is a versatile and powerful epigenetics tool for genome-wide chromatin profiling.
Its adaptability to single-cell analysis and multi-omic profiling highlights its potential in diverse research areas.
Continued development promises expanded applications in understanding complex biological processes.