2011年10月
Direct Identification of Insulator Components by Insertional Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
PLOS ONE
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- 巻
- 6
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- 10
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0026109
- 出版者・発行元
- PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Comprehensive understanding of mechanisms of epigenetic regulation requires identification of molecules bound to genomic regions of interest in vivo. However, non-biased methods to identify molecules bound to specific genomic loci in vivo are limited. Here, we applied insertional chromatin immunoprecipitation (iChIP) to direct identification of components of insulator complexes, which function as boundaries of chromatin domain. We found that the chicken beta-globin HS4 (cHS4) insulator complex contains an RNA helicase protein, p68/DDX5; an RNA species, steroid receptor RNA activator 1; and a nuclear matrix protein, Matrin-3, in vivo. Binding of p68 and Matrin-3 to the cHS4 insulator core sequence was mediated by CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF). Thus, our results showed that it is feasible to directly identify proteins and RNA bound to a specific genomic region in vivo by using iChIP.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0026109
- ISSN : 1932-6203
- ORCIDのPut Code : 12277100
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000295984400034