Chromatin state signatures associated with tissue-specific gene expression and enhancer activity in the embryonic limb
Cotney J, Leng J, Oh S, DeMare LE, Reilly SK, Gerstein MB, Noonan JP. Chromatin state signatures associated with tissue-specific gene expression and enhancer activity in the embryonic limb. Genome Research 2012, 22: 1069-1080. PMID: 22421546, PMCID: PMC3371702, DOI: 10.1101/gr.129817.111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTissue-specific gene expressionChromatin state signatureActive developmental enhancersChromatin stateDevelopmental enhancersGene expressionEmbryonic tissuesHistone modification profilingOpen chromatin stateGenome-wide profilingEmbryonic cell typesMultiple embryonic tissuesGene expression differencesWhole transcriptome analysisH3K27me3 depletionEmbryonic forelimbChromatin profilingNucleosome displacementPutative enhancersEmbryonic limbMammalian embryosH3K27ac enrichmentRegulatory sequencesRegulatory elementsEnhancer discovery