在eQTLs位点上的差异性基因表达的结构基础来自3D单细胞染色体构造的高分辨率集合模型

Lin Du1, Hammad Farooq1, Pourya Delafrouz1

  • 1Center for Bioinformatics and Quantitative Biology, Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, United States.

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概括

一种新的计算方法整合了染色体构造捕获 (Hi-C) 和表达定量特征位置 (eQTL) 数据,以揭示3D基因组组织如何影响基因表达. 这种方法揭示了单细胞水平的多体染色质相互作用,澄清了遗传变异的功能作用.

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