3DCoop: An approach for computational inference of cell-type-specific transcriptional regulators cooperation in 3D chromatin

Abstract

Summary: Precise identification of context-specific transcriptional regulators (TRs) cooperation facilitates the understanding of complex gene regulation. However, previous methods are highly reliant on the availability of ChIPped TRs. Here, we provide a protocol for running 3DCoop, a pipeline for computational inference of cell type-specific TR cooperation in 3D chromatin by integrating TR motifs, open chromatin profiles, gene expression, and chromatin loops. 3DCoop provides a feasible solution to study the potential interplay among TRs across multiple human or mouse tissue/cell types.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Yi et al. (2021).

Keywords

• Bioinformatics
• Genetics
• Genomics
• Gene Expression
• Systems biology