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PIQ-ing into chromatin architecture

Decrypting the logic of gene regulation is aided by a breakthrough method for analyzing chromatin-accessibility data.

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Figure 1: Hierarchical binding of transcription factors regulates gene expression.
Figure 2: PIQ improves the identification of occupied transcription factor (TF) binding sites in vivo from genome-wide DNase I hypersensitivity data.

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Rieck, S., Wright, C. PIQ-ing into chromatin architecture. Nat Biotechnol 32, 138–140 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2824

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