Introduction

Recent progress in massively parallel sequencing platforms has enabled genome-wide characterization of DNA-associated proteins using the combination of chromatin immunoprecipitation and sequencing (ChIP-seq). Although a variety of methods exist for analysis of the established alternative ChIP microarray (ChIP-chip), few approaches have been described for processing ChIP-seq data. To fill this gap, we propose an analysis pipeline specifically designed to detect protein-binding positions with high accuracy. Using previously reported data sets for three transcription factors, we illustrate methods for improving tag alignment and correcting for background signals. We compare the sensitivity and spatial precision of three peak detection algorithms with published methods, demonstrating gains in spatial precision when an asymmetric distribution of tags on positive and negative strands is considered. We also analyze the relationship between the depth of sequencing and characteristics of the detected binding positions, and provide a method for estimating the sequencing depth necessary for a desired coverage of protein binding sites.

Publications

  1. Design and analysis of ChIP-seq experiments for DNA-binding proteins.
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    Kharchenko PV, Tolstorukov MY, Park PJ, 2008-12-01 - Nature biotechnology

Credits

  1. Peter V Kharchenko
    Developer

    Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Morocco

  2. Michael Y Tolstorukov
    Developer

  3. Peter J Park
    Investigator

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Submitted ByPeter J Park