MM-ChIP enables integrative analysis of cross-platform and between-laboratory ChIP-chip or ChIP-seq data

Genome Biol. 2011;12(2):R11. doi: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-2-r11. Epub 2011 Feb 1.

Abstract

The ChIP-chip and ChIP-seq techniques enable genome-wide mapping of in vivo protein-DNA interactions and chromatin states. The cross-platform and between-laboratory variation poses a challenge to the comparison and integration of results from different ChIP experiments. We describe a novel method, MM-ChIP, which integrates information from cross-platform and between-laboratory ChIP-chip or ChIP-seq datasets. It improves both the sensitivity and the specificity of detecting ChIP-enriched regions, and is a useful meta-analysis tool for driving discoveries from multiple data sources.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Chromatin / genetics
  • Chromatin Immunoprecipitation / methods*
  • Chromosome Mapping / methods*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / analysis*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Genome, Human*
  • Genomics / methods*
  • Humans
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Software

Substances

  • Chromatin
  • DNA-Binding Proteins