2019
Differential regulation of OCT4 targets facilitates reacquisition of pluripotency
Thakurela S, Sindhu C, Yurkovsky E, Riemenschneider C, Smith ZD, Nachman I, Meissner A. Differential regulation of OCT4 targets facilitates reacquisition of pluripotency. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 4444. PMID: 31570708, PMCID: PMC6768871, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11741-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEctopic transcription factorsReacquisition of pluripotencySomatic cell reprogrammingCis-regulatory elementsTranscription factor expressionExact molecular mechanismsOCT4 targetsPluripotent stem cellsPluripotency inductionCell reprogrammingTranscription factorsSomatic cellsMolecular mechanismsDifferential regulationPluripotencyStem cellsVivo differentiationPrimary targetCellsFactor expressionFinal stepExperimental systemReprogrammingTargetDifferentiation
2011
Preparation of reduced representation bisulfite sequencing libraries for genome-scale DNA methylation profiling
Gu H, Smith ZD, Bock C, Boyle P, Gnirke A, Meissner A. Preparation of reduced representation bisulfite sequencing libraries for genome-scale DNA methylation profiling. Nature Protocols 2011, 6: 468-481. PMID: 21412275, DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-nucleotide resolutionGenome-scale DNA methylation profilingCpG-rich DNA fragmentsGenome-wide mappingGenome-wide scaleStandard molecular biology laboratoryMajority of promotersRelevant genomic regionsIllumina Genome AnalyzerNext-generation sequencing approachDNA methylation profilingDNA methylation measurementsRestriction enzyme MspIReduced representationMolecular biology laboratoryGenomic regionsRRBS librariesGenome AnalyzerSequencing librariesMethylation profilingSequencing approachEnzyme MspIAmount of sequencingLow input requirementsGenomic DNA
2009
High-throughput bisulfite sequencing in mammalian genomes
Smith ZD, Gu H, Bock C, Gnirke A, Meissner A. High-throughput bisulfite sequencing in mammalian genomes. Methods 2009, 48: 226-232. PMID: 19442738, PMCID: PMC2864123, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2009.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationHigh-throughput bisulfite sequencingCritical epigenetic markCpG-dense regionsGenome-wide distributionArray-based technologiesMammalian genomesEpigenetic marksMammalian developmentGenomic regionsRRBS librariesBisulfite sequencingMethylome profilingSequencing librariesRRBS librarySequence analysisMethylationRestriction digestionSequencingGenomeLibraryRelative coverageMspIProfilingSample throughput