Journal
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32980-z
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- University of Michigan Genome Science Training Program (GSTP) Fellowship - NHGRI [5T32HG000040-27]
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) [FA9550-18-1-0028]
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [140D6319C0020]
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [2035827]
- Dir for Tech, Innovation, & Partnerships [2035827] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Translational Impacts [2035827] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Mapping higher order chromatin architecture using long sequencing reads and hypergraph theory is effective in investigating chromatin organization and identifying cell type-specific transcription clusters. This study provides insights into the functional building blocks for cell identity and offers a global signature for different cell types.
Mapping higher order chromatin architecture is important. Here the authors use long sequencing reads to map genome-wide multi-way contacts and investigate higher order chromatin organisation; they use hypergraph theory for data representation and analysis, and apply this to different cell types. Chromatin architecture, a key regulator of gene expression, can be inferred using chromatin contact data from chromosome conformation capture, or Hi-C. However, classical Hi-C does not preserve multi-way contacts. Here we use long sequencing reads to map genome-wide multi-way contacts and investigate higher order chromatin organization in the human genome. We use hypergraph theory for data representation and analysis, and quantify higher order structures in neonatal fibroblasts, biopsied adult fibroblasts, and B lymphocytes. By integrating multi-way contacts with chromatin accessibility, gene expression, and transcription factor binding, we introduce a data-driven method to identify cell type-specific transcription clusters. We provide transcription factor-mediated functional building blocks for cell identity that serve as a global signature for cell types.
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