Chromatin was fixed in 1% Paraformaldehyde (PFA), sheared to 200-700bp using the Covaris E220 sonicator, then immunoprecipitated using the indicated antibody. ChIP samples were purified using Agencourt AMPure XP beads (Beckman Coulter) and quantified with the Qubit (Invitrogen). ChIP-seq libraries were prepared from 7 to 10 ng of double-stranded purified DNA using the MicroPlex Library Preparation kit v2 (C05010014, Diagenode s.a., Seraing, Belgium), according to manufacturer's instructions. In the first step, the DNA was repaired and yielded molecules with blunt ends. In the next step, stem-loop adaptors with blocked 5 prime ends were ligated to the 5 prime end of the genomic DNA, leaving a nick at the 3 prime end. The adaptors cannot ligate to each other and do not have single-strand tails, avoiding non-specific background. In the final step, the 3 prime ends of the genomic DNA were extended to complete library synthesis and Illumina compatible indexes were added through a PCR amplification (7 cycles). Amplified libraries were purified and size-selected using Agencourt AMPure XP beads (Beckman Coulter) to remove unincorporated primers and other reagents.
GEO Accession
GSM4647664