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Identification of Accessible Transcription Factor Binding Sites During the Seed-to-Seedling Transition
Benjamin J M Tremblay1, Julia I Qüesta2
1Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
Germination is a highly dynamic developmental transition from dry quiescent seeds to vegetative seedlings which involves major chromatin rearrangements and changes in transcriptional programs. Assay for transposase-accessible chromatin with sequencing (ATAC-seq) is a quick and reproducible method for quantifying relative chromatin accessibility genome-wide. In this chapter, we describe the use of ATAC-seq for profiling chromatin accessibility changes and differential transcription factor binding site accessibility during germination from enriched embryos.
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Transcription is the process of synthesizing RNA from a DNA sequence by RNA polymerase. It is the first step in producing a protein from a gene sequence. Additionally, many other proteins and regulatory sequences are involved in the proper synthesis of messenger RNA (mRNA). Regulation of transcription is responsible for the differentiation of all the different types of cells and often for the proper cellular response to environmental signals.
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