ChIP-Array 2: integrating multiple omics data to construct gene regulatory networks

Nucleic Acids Res. 2015 Jul 1;43(W1):W264-9. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv398. Epub 2015 Apr 27.

Abstract

Transcription factors (TFs) play an important role in gene regulation. The interconnections among TFs, chromatin interactions, epigenetic marks and cis-regulatory elements form a complex gene transcription apparatus. Our previous work, ChIP-Array, combined TF binding and transcriptome data to construct gene regulatory networks (GRNs). Here we present an enhanced version, ChIP-Array 2, to integrate additional types of omics data including long-range chromatin interaction, open chromatin region and histone modification data to dissect more comprehensive GRNs involving diverse regulatory components. Moreover, we substantially extended our motif database for human, mouse, rat, fruit fly, worm, yeast and Arabidopsis, and curated large amount of omics data for users to select as input or backend support. With ChIP-Array 2, we compiled a library containing regulatory networks of 18 TFs/chromatin modifiers in mouse embryonic stem cell (mESC). The web server and the mESC library are publicly free and accessible athttp://jjwanglab.org/chip-array.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatin / metabolism
  • Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
  • Embryonic Stem Cells / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Regulatory Networks*
  • Genomics
  • Histones / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Mice
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Rats
  • Software*
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism

Substances

  • Chromatin
  • Histones
  • Transcription Factors