在整个基因组中对开放色素的高分辨率映射和表征
Alan P Boyle1, Sean Davis, Hennady P Shulha
1Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Cell
|February 5, 2008
概括
研究人员使用DNase I过敏 (HS) 位点在人类CD4+T细胞中绘制了基因调控元素. 大多数已识别的部位都在基因促进器之外,揭示了新的调节元件位置和核细胞结构.
科学领域:
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 绘制DNase I过敏 (HS) 位点的地图可以识别遗传调节元素.
- 这些元素控制基因表达,包括促进剂,增强剂和沉声剂.
研究的目的:
- 在人类初级CD4+T细胞中创建一个全面的全基因组开放色素图.
- 识别遗传调节元件的位置和特征.
主要方法:
- 采用高通量测序和全基因组阵列策略.
- 在人类原发性CD4+T细胞中确定了DNase I HS位点.
主要成果:
- 通过将两种技术结合起来,生成了一个全面的全基因组开放色素图.
- 发现,在94,925个DNase I HS位点中,只有16%-21%位于基因促进器/第一个外基因中.
- 近一半的最开放的部位位于促进体中,这表明细胞类型的特定调节.
- 识别了细胞类型的特征,转录起点和色素标记.
- 揭示了核体结构的详细特征.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了CD4+ T细胞中开放色素的详细地图.
- 揭示了很大一部分监管要素位于正规发起人区域之外.
- 突出了DNase I HS站点映射对于理解基因调节和染色质组织的有用性.
相关概念视频
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation- ChIP
Chromatin immunoprecipitation, or ChIP, is an antibody-based technique used to identify sites on DNA that bind to transcription factors of interest or histone proteins. It also helps determine the type of histone modifications such as acetylation, phosphorylation, or methylation.
Types of ChIP
ChIP can be divided into two types - X-ChIP and N-ChIP. X-ChIP involves in vivo cross-linking of histones and regulatory proteins to DNA, fragmenting the DNA by sonication, and isolating the protein-DNA...
Types of ChIP
ChIP can be divided into two types - X-ChIP and N-ChIP. X-ChIP involves in vivo cross-linking of histones and regulatory proteins to DNA, fragmenting the DNA by sonication, and isolating the protein-DNA...
Euchromatin
The extent of chromatin compaction can be studied by staining chromatin using specific DNA binding dyes. Under the microscope, the dense-compacted regions take up more dye, appearing darker, while the less-compact areas take up less dye and appear lighter. Based on the compaction level, chromatins are classified into two primary forms – euchromatin and heterochromatin.
Euchromatin is the less dense region of the chromatin and stains lighter. Euchromatin contains histone H3 extensively...
Euchromatin is the less dense region of the chromatin and stains lighter. Euchromatin contains histone H3 extensively...
Heterochromatin
The extent of chromatin compaction can be studied by staining chromatin using specific DNA binding dyes. Under the microscope, the dense-compacted regions that take up more dye are called heterochromatin. Heterochromatin is further classified into two forms – constitutive heterochromatin and facultative heterochromatin.
Constitutive heterochromatin: It is a highly compact region of chromatin that is mostly concentrated in the centromere and telomere. Unlike euchromatin, the amino acid at 9th...
Constitutive heterochromatin: It is a highly compact region of chromatin that is mostly concentrated in the centromere and telomere. Unlike euchromatin, the amino acid at 9th...


