Next generation sequencing based methods allow us to identify active genes and potential regulatory elements rapidly across the genome, but an outstanding challenge is to unravel which regulatory elements control which genes. This is problematic because regulatory elements control genes over huge distances (over 1 million base pairs) and they have an unpredictable distribution around the genes they influence. In order to enhance transcription the protein complexes at distal regulatory elements make physical contact with the promoter. These interactions can be detected using Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) technology and the position of regulatory elements can be deduced from these data. However, these methods are either low throughput or low resolution and they are prone to bias. In this 3C techniques were specifically developed to determine the interactions between regulatory elements and gene promoters promoter. The focus has been the development of Next Generation Capture-C, which allows many genetic loci and samples to be analysed simultaneously, with greater sensitivity and accuracy than has previously been possible. High resolution data can be produced from as few as 100,000 cells, and single-nucleotide polymorphisms can be used to generate allele-specific tracks. Nanostring technology has also been developed for analysis of 3C libraries, as this allows interaction profiles to be determined without PCR or sequencing bias. The Nanostring data show remarkable correlation with the interaction profiles generated by NG Capture-C.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:729277 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Davies, James |
| Contributors | Higgs, Douglas ; Hughes, James |
| Publisher | University of Oxford |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:943bbdd0-cdfb-415c-bd82-98b7289cd7d2 |
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