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ArticlePlant physiology2013

Measuring Arabidopsis chromatin accessibility using DNase I-polymerase chain reaction and DNase I-chip assays.

Huan Shu, Wilhelm Gruissem, Lars Hennig

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Article in Plant physiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. A tribute to Lars Hennig (1970-2018).Journal of experimental botany · 2018
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3 authors.

Huan ShuDepartment of Biology and Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Eidgenössisch Technische Hochschule Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Wilhelm Gruissem
Lars Hennig

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA accessibility is an important layer of regulation of DNA-dependent processes. Methods that measure DNA accessibility at local and genome-wide scales have facilitated a rapid increase in the knowledge of chromatin architecture in animal and yeast systems. In contrast, much less is known about chromatin organization in plants. We developed a robust DNase I-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol for the model plant Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). DNA accessibility is probed by digesting nuclei with a gradient of DNase I followed by locus-specific PCR. The reduction in PCR product formation along the gradient of increasing DNase I concentrations is used to determine the accessibility of the chromatin DNA. We explain a strategy to calculate the decay constant of such signal reduction as a function of increasing DNase I concentration. This allows describing DNA accessibility using a single variable: the decay constant. We also used the protocol together with AGRONOMICS1 DNA tiling microarrays to establish genome-wide DNase I sensitivity landscapes.

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ArabidopsisCell NucleusChromatinDeoxyribonuclease IGenome, PlantOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPermeabilityPolymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificityChromatinDeoxyribonuclease I

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PMID23739687
PMCPMC3729761

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