An integrated software system for analyzing ChIP-chip and ChIP-seq data

H Ji, H Jiang, W Ma, DS Johnson, RM Myers… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
H Ji, H Jiang, W Ma, DS Johnson, RM Myers, WH Wong
Nature biotechnology, 2008nature.com
We present CisGenome, a software system for analyzing genome-wide chromatin
immunoprecipitation (ChIP) data. CisGenome is designed to meet all basic needs of ChIP
data analyses, including visualization, data normalization, peak detection, false discovery
rate computation, gene-peak association, and sequence and motif analysis. In addition to
implementing previously published ChIP–microarray (ChIP-chip) analysis methods, the
software contains statistical methods designed specifically for ChlP sequencing (ChIP-seq) …
Abstract
We present CisGenome, a software system for analyzing genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) data. CisGenome is designed to meet all basic needs of ChIP data analyses, including visualization, data normalization, peak detection, false discovery rate computation, gene-peak association, and sequence and motif analysis. In addition to implementing previously published ChIP–microarray (ChIP-chip) analysis methods, the software contains statistical methods designed specifically for ChlP sequencing (ChIP-seq) data obtained by coupling ChIP with massively parallel sequencing. The modular design of CisGenome enables it to support interactive analyses through a graphic user interface as well as customized batch-mode computation for advanced data mining. A built-in browser allows visualization of array images, signals, gene structure, conservation, and DNA sequence and motif information. We demonstrate the use of these tools by a comparative analysis of ChIP-chip and ChIP-seq data for the transcription factor NRSF/REST, a study of ChIP-seq analysis with or without a negative control sample, and an analysis of a new motif in Nanog- and Sox2-binding regions.
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