Software
Chromatin conformation signatures of cellular differentiation
Author affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry and McGill Cancer Center, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, Montréal, H3G1Y6, Canada
2 McGill Centre for Bioinformatics, McGill University, 3775 University, Montréal, H3A 2B4, Canada
3 RIKEN Omics Science Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
Citation and License
Genome Biology 2009, 10:R37 doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-4-r37
Published: 19 April 2009Abstract
One of the major genomics challenges is to better understand how correct gene expression is orchestrated. Recent studies have shown how spatial chromatin organization is critical in the regulation of gene expression. Here, we developed a suite of computer programs to identify chromatin conformation signatures with 5C technology http://Dostielab.biochem.mcgill.ca webcite. We identified dynamic HoxA cluster chromatin conformation signatures associated with cellular differentiation. Genome-wide chromatin conformation signature identification might uniquely identify disease-associated states and represent an entirely novel class of human disease biomarkers.
