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ArticleNature methods2021

PaintSHOP enables the interactive design of transcriptome- and genome-scale oligonucleotide FISH experiments.

Elliot A Hershberg, Conor K Camplisson, Jennie L Close, Sahar Attar, Ryan Chern, Yuzhen Liu, Shreeram Akilesh, Philip R Nicovich, Brian J Beliveau

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Article in Nature methods, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 52 papers.

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4 · The record

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elliot A Hershberg *Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Conor K Camplisson *Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jennie L CloseAllen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sahar AttarDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ryan ChernDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Yuzhen LiuDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Shreeram AkileshDepartment of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Philip R NicovichAllen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
Brian J BeliveauDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. beliveau@uw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1314-3118
University of Washington · USAllen Institute for Brain Science · US

Funding

INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN GENOMIC SCIENCEST32HG000035 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Bruce Colston Trapnell · 1995 to 2026
$24.2M
Probing the dynamics of chromosome organization in single cellsR35GM137916 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Brian Joseph Beliveau · 2020 to 2026
$2.9M
Leica SP8 WWL Confocal MicroscopeS10OD016240 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CATTERALL, WILLIAM A · 2014 to 2014
$581k
NHGRI NIH HHS T32 HG000035NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM137916NIH HHS S10 OD016240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) allows researchers to visualize the spatial position and quantity of nucleic acids in fixed samples. Recently, considerable progress has been made in developing oligonucleotide (oligo)-based FISH methods that have enabled researchers to study the three-dimensional organization of the genome at super-resolution and visualize the spatial patterns of gene expression for thousands of genes in individual cells. However, there are few existing computational tools to support the bioinformatics workflows necessary to carry out these experiments using oligo FISH probes. Here, we introduce paint server and homology optimization pipeline (PaintSHOP), an interactive platform for the design of oligo FISH experiments. PaintSHOP enables researchers to identify probes for their experimental targets efficiently, to incorporate additional necessary sequences such as primer pairs and to easily generate files documenting library design. PaintSHOP democratizes and standardizes the process of designing complex probe sets for the oligo FISH community.

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Genome, HumanRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidTranscriptomeChromosome PaintingComputational BiologyHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceOligonucleotide ProbesOligonucleotide Probes

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PMID34226720
PMCPMC8349872
OpenAlexW3181969337

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