3CPET: finding co-factor complexes from ChIA-PET data using a hierarchical Dirichlet process

Genome Biol. 2015 Dec 22:16:288. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0851-6.

Abstract

Various efforts have been made to elucidate the cooperating proteins involved in maintaining chromatin interactions; however, many are still unknown. Here, we present 3CPET, a tool based on a non-parametric Bayesian approach, to infer the set of the most probable protein complexes involved in maintaining chromatin interactions and the regions that they may control, making it a valuable downstream analysis tool in chromatin conformation studies. 3CPET does so by combining data from ChIA-PET, transcription factor binding sites, and protein interactions. 3CPET results show biologically significant and accurate predictions when validated against experimental and simulation data.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Chromatin / chemistry
  • Chromatin / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Protein Binding
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism

Substances

  • Chromatin
  • Transcription Factors