An integrated workflow for analysis of ChIP-chip data

Biotechniques. 2008 Aug;45(2):131-2, 134, 136 passim. doi: 10.2144/000112819.

Abstract

Although ChIP-chip is a powerful tool for genome-wide discovery of transcription factor target genes, the steps involving raw data analysis, identification of promoters, and correlation with binding sites are still laborious processes. Therefore, we report an integrated workflow for the analysis of promoter tiling arrays with the Genomatix ChipInspector system. We compare this tool with open-source software packages to identify PU.1 regulated genes in mouse macrophages. Our results suggest that ChipInspector data analysis, comparative genomics for binding site prediction, and pathway/network modeling significantly facilitate and enhance whole-genome promoter profiling to reveal in vivo sites of transcription factor-DNA interactions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Chromatin Immunoprecipitation*
  • Mice
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis*
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism
  • Statistics as Topic*
  • Trans-Activators / metabolism

Substances

  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Trans-Activators
  • proto-oncogene protein Spi-1