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Chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) has become an essential tool for epigenetic scientists. ChIP-seq is used to map protein-DNA interactions and epigenetic marks such as histone modifications at the genome-wide level. Here we describe a complete ChIP-seq laboratory protocol (tailored toward processing tissue samples as well as cell lines) and the bioinformatic pipelines utilized for handling raw sequencing files through to peak calling.
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This work was supported by the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (642691).
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Patten, D.K., Corleone, G., Magnani, L. (2018). Chromatin Immunoprecipitation and High-Throughput Sequencing (ChIP-Seq): Tips and Tricks Regarding the Laboratory Protocol and Initial Downstream Data Analysis. In: Jeltsch, A., Rots, M. (eds) Epigenome Editing. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1767. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7774-1_15
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