Unpacking Chromatin Accessibility with Fiber-seq
Bubb, K. L.; Perchlik, M.; Cuperus, J.; Queitsch, C.
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Chromatin accessibility has long been used as a marker for regions of DNA with regulatory potential. Fiber-seq detects chromatin accessibility on individual DNA fibers, enabling analyses beyond the identification of the accessible chromatin regions (ACRs). By providing single molecule level high resolution, Fiber-seq provides unprecedented qualitative descriptions, including potential categorizations of ACRs, identification of internal transcription factor footprints and nucleosome positioning within individual DNA fibers. As with all tools, the power of this technique depends on careful experimental design and data analysis -- incorrect usage will result in incorrect conclusions. Here we offer guidelines and flag potential pitfalls when generating and analyzing Fiber-seq data, such as (1) the optimum levels of adenosine methylation per-fiber, (2) the power of per-fiber state inference, (3) the importance of controlling for read depth and methylation rates when comparing across samples, (4) the limitations of long-read sequence mapping, and (5) suggestions for identification of differentially accessible peaks across samples.
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