title: High-Resolution Genome-Wide Mapping of Nucleosome Positioning and Occupancy Level Using Paired-End Sequencing Technology.
abstract: Because of its profound influence on DNA accessibility for protein binding and thus on the regulation of diverse biological processes, nucleosome positioning has been studied for many years. In the past decade, high-throughput sequencing technologies have opened new perspectives in this research field by allowing the study of nucleosome positioning and occupancy on a genome-wide scale, therefore providing understanding on important aspects of chromatin packaging, as well as on various chromatin-template processes like transcription. In this chapter, we provide the protocol of MNase sequencing for the genome-wide mapping of nucleosomes using MNase to generate mononucleosomal DNA fragments and next-generation sequencing technology to identify their individual location.
authors.affiliation: Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1K 2R1.
authors.forename: Mylène
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brunelle
authors.affiliation: Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1K 2R1.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodrigue
authors.affiliation: Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1K 2R1.|Département d'informatique, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1K 2R1.|Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1H 5N4.
authors.forename: Pierre-Étienne
authors.initials: PÉ
authors.lastname: Jacques
authors.affiliation: Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boul. de l'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, J1K 2R1. nicolas.gevry@usherbrooke.ca.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gévry
mesh_terms: D042002:Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / Q000379:methods*; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; D009707:Nucleosomes
keywords: Chromatin; DNA; Histone; MNase; Next-generation sequencing; Nucleosome