Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2015

Chromatin extrusion explains key features of loop and domain formation in wild-type and engineered genomes

Sanborn AL, Rao SS, Huang SC, Durand NC, Huntley MH, Jewett AI, Bochkov ID, Chinnappan D, Cutkosky A, Li J, Geeting KP, Gnirke A, Melnikov A, McKenna D, Stamenova EK, Lander ES, Aiden EL.

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  • Sanborn ALThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77030; Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
  • Rao SSThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
  • Huang SCThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030;
  • Durand NCThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030;
  • Huntley MHThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030;
  • Jewett AIThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030;
  • Bochkov IDThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030;
  • Chinnappan DThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030;
  • Cutkosky AThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030;
  • Li JThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77030;
  • Geeting KPThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030;
  • Gnirke ABroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139;
  • Melnikov ABroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139;
  • McKenna DThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; Mathemaesthetics, Inc., Boulder, CO 80306;
  • Stamenova EKThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139;
  • Lander ESBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139; Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 lander@broadinstitute.org erez@erez.com.
  • Aiden ELThe Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77030; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139; lander@broadinstitute.org erez@erez.com.
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Sara Park

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Noor Patel

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Important contribution to the field.