Project description:Tagged versions of thyroid hormone receptors alpha (TRa) and beta (TRb) were stably transfected in two C17.2 cell lines, C17.2a and C17.2b, respectively. We performed an affinity-based purification of chromatin (ChAP), and high-throughput sequencing was used to assess binding sites of both receptors (ChAP-Seq). Standard ChIP-Seq for RXR was also performed in C17.2a cells. These data allow us to compare binding sites for both receptors and to conclude that they were only partially redundant, with co-existence of receptor-specific sites. Examination of binding sites of the two thyroid hormone receptors (alpha, beta) in two cell lines (C17.2a, C17.2b), each expressing one of the receptors. Examination of RXR binding sites in C17.2a cells.
Project description:Whole-Genome Bisulfite Sequencing of HCHC mutants To extend our understanding of the role of the HCHC complex in Neurospora, we carried out whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) of cdp-2, chap, and hda-1 mutants. Consistent with prior analyses, the WGBS revealed both hypomethylated and hypermethylated regions in the three HCHC mutants while the ; sequences with a lower Combined RIP Index (CRI) tend to show reduced methylation in the mutants, while sequences with higher CRI scores show increased methylation. Analysis of the WGBS data also demonstrated that shorter methylated regions, regardless of their degree of methylation in wild type, commonly have reduced methylation in the HCHC mutants, while longer methylated sequences tend to have elevated methylation. In addition, the borders of normally methylated regions typically lose methylation and show a contraction of boundary methylation in the HCHC mutants. Sequences near telomeres that are normally methylated were found to lose methylation in the mutants, while most of the increased DNA methylation of the three HCHC mutants is found at centromeres. CHAP in vitro DNA-affinity purification HT-seq and CHAP DamID-Seq To test whether the CHAP AT-hook motifs bind AT-rich RIP’d DNA, we performed in vitro DNA-affinity purification with the recombinant CHAP-N-terminus (1-274 residues) containing the two AT-hook motifs and analyzed the purified DNA with high throughput sequencing (HT-Seq). To complement this approach, we also assessed binding of CHAP in vivo with DamID-seq using the CHAP-Dam strain. Together, these techniques gave us a detailed genomic view of the specific localization and binding of CHAP to AT-rich RIP’d DNA, which is nearly coincident with methylated DNA regions.
Project description:We analyzed genome-wide modification of chromatin by ubiquitination in human cells and whether this mark changes through the cell cycle using modified ChIP-seq technique (ChAP-seq).
Project description:We analyzed genome-wide modification of chromatin by ubiquitination in human cells and whether this mark changes through the cell cycle using modified ChIP-seq technique (ChAP-seq). Chromatin affinity purification was based on a standard ChIP method with modification of a two-step affinity purification.
Project description:Tagged versions of thyroid hormone receptors alpha (TRa) and beta (TRb) were stably transfected in two C17.2 cell lines, C17.2a and C17.2b, respectively. We performed an affinity-based purification of chromatin (ChAP), and high-throughput sequencing was used to assess binding sites of both receptors (ChAP-Seq). Standard ChIP-Seq for RXR was also performed in C17.2a cells. These data allow us to compare binding sites for both receptors and to conclude that they were only partially redundant, with co-existence of receptor-specific sites.
Project description:Gene expression in the obligatory aerobic acetic acid bacterium Gluconobacter oxydans was shown to respond to oxygen limitation, but the regulators involved are unknown. In this study, we analyzed the function of a transcriptional regulator named GoxR, which belongs to the FNR family. Here, we applied ChAP-seq analysis with a strep-tagged GoxR version to identify binding sites of this regulator in the genome of G. oxydans.