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title: "ChIP-seq pipeline update: Differential Binding Analysis Available"
search_description: "ChIP-Seq is extensively used to characterize genome-wide binding patterns of transcription factors and other chromatin-associated proteins."
published: 2024-01-15 15:19:35.684977+00:00
locale: "it"
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# ChIP-seq pipeline update: Differential Binding Analysis Available

13 Apr 2018

ChIP-Seq is extensively used to characterize genome-wide binding patterns of transcription factors and other chromatin-associated proteins.

Mapping the chromosomal locations where specific DNA-binding enzymes, modified histones, chaperones, nucleosomes, and transcription factors bind can elucidate the role of these protein-DNA interactions in gene expression and other cellular processes.

However, sole mapping is not enough. Comparative ChIP-seq analysis, *i.e.* identification of sites that are differentially bound between two sample groups \(conditions or tissues\), provides different snapshots of a binding signals uncovering specific patterns of gene regulation.

**We implemented quantitative comparison of ChIP-Seq data sets** that includes overlapping and merging peak sets, counting sequencing reads overlapping intervals in peak sets, and **identifying statistically significantly differentially bound sites** based on evidence of binding affinity \(measured by differences in read densities\).

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