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We report a molecular assay, Methyl-HiC, that can simultaneously capture the chromosome conformation and DNA methylome in a cell. Methyl-HiC reveals coordinated DNA methylation status between distal genomic segments that… Click to show full abstract
We report a molecular assay, Methyl-HiC, that can simultaneously capture the chromosome conformation and DNA methylome in a cell. Methyl-HiC reveals coordinated DNA methylation status between distal genomic segments that are in spatial proximity in the nucleus, and delineates heterogeneity of both the chromatin architecture and DNA methylome in a mixed population. It enables simultaneous characterization of cell-type-specific chromatin organization and epigenome in complex tissues.Methyl-HiC combines the elucidation of chromatin architecture with the reading of DNA methylomes in pools and single cells. Regions that are distant on the linear-genome but close in three-dimensional space show coordinated DNA methylation.
Journal Title: Nature methods
Year Published: 2019
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