Project description:Chromosome conformation capture (4C-Seq) in Drosophila Twist-H2B embryos (carrying nuclear tag specifically in the mesoderm) during embryogenesis was performed, anchoring on 107 different viewpoints. Two timepoints (3-4hrs and 6-8hrs after egg laying) and two tissue context (whole embryo and mesoderm) were assayed. Two independent collections were performed at each timepoint.
Project description:Chromosome conformation capture (4C-Seq) in Drosophila embryos from a wild-type line and from transgenic fly lines carrying the E3 enhancer of twist at ectopic locations. Two time points (2-5 hrs and 5-8 hrs after egg lay) and two viewpoints located near the twist promoter were assayed. Two independent collections were performed at each timepoint and each viewpoint.
Project description:Mapping the inter- and intra-chromosomal interactions of specific insulator binding sites with circular chromosome conformation capture (4C) assay (Gondor et al., 2008 Nature Protocol) [NimbleGen Array data]
Project description:We used a Drosophila melanogaster line (a "double balancer") carrying balancer chromosomes for both the second (CyO) and third (TM3) chromosomes, and crossed it to an isogenic wild-type "virginizer" line. Trans-heterozygous adults from the F1 generation were further crossed to the wild-type parental line to obtain the pool of N1 embryos. Allele-specific chromosome conformation capture (Capture-C) was used to measure changes in chromatin organization on both chromosomes.
Project description:Current methods for analysing chromosome conformation in mammalian cells are either insensitive and low resolution or low throughput. Since the methods are expensive and relatively difficult to perform and analyse they are not widely used outside of specialised laboratories. Here we have re-designed the Capture-C method producing a new approach, called next generation (NG) Capture-C, which solves most of the current setbacks in analysing chromosome conformation. NG Capture-C produces unprecedented levels of sensitivity and reproducibility, which can be used to analyse any number of genetic loci and/or many samples in a single experiment. NG Capture is straightforward to perform, requiring only standard reagents and access to basic next generation sequencing platforms. The complete and detailed protocol presented here, with new publically available tools for library design and data analysis, will allow most laboratories to analyse chromatin conformation at levels of sensitivity and throughput that were previously impossible.
Project description:Genome-wide chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) and promoter-capture Hi-C (CHi-C) were performed during epidermal differentiation. These data indicate that dynamic and constitutive enhancer-promoter contacts combine to control gene induction during differentiation and that chromosome conformation enables discovery of new TFs with distinct roles in this process.
Project description:Chromosome conformation capture (3C) techniques are crucial to understanding tissue-specific regulation of gene expression, but current methods generally require large numbers of cells. This hampers the investigation of chromatin structure in rare cell populations. We present two new low-input Capture-C protocols that generate high-quality, reproducible interaction profiles from fewer than 20,000 cells, and show that these are not biased by PCR amplification or the degree of formaldehyde fixation.
Project description:We used a Drosophila melanogaster line (a "double balancer") carrying balancer chromosomes for both the second (CyO) and third (TM3) chromosomes, and crossed it to an isogenic wild-type "virginizer" line. Trans-heterozygous adults from the F1 generation were further crossed to the wild-type parental line to obtain the pool of N1 embryos. Allele-specific chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) was used to measure changes in chromatin organization on both chromosomes.
