The Open Chromatin Landscape of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus

ABSTRACT: KaposiM-bM-^@M-^Ys sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is an oncogenic gammaherpesvirus which establishes latent infection in endothelial and B cells, as well as in primary effusion lymphoma (PEL). During latency, the viral genome exists as a circular DNA minichromosome (episome) and is packaged into chromatin analogous to human chromosomes. Only a small subset of promoters, those which drive latent RNAs, are active in latent episomes. In general, nucleosome depletion (M-bM-^@M-^\open chromatinM-bM-^@M-^]) is a hallmark of eukaryotic regulatory elements such as promoters and transcriptional enhancers or insulators. We applied formaldehyde-assisted isolation of regulatory elements (FAIRE) followed by next-generation sequencing to identify regulatory elements in the KSHV genome and integra

ORGANISM(S): Human herpesvirus 8

SUBMITTER: Ian Davis 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-50581 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress