Cas9 Functionally Opens Chromatin.

ABSTRACT: Using a nuclease-dead Cas9 mutant, we show that Cas9 reproducibly induces chromatin accessibility at previously inaccessible genomic loci. Cas9 chromatin opening is sufficient to enable adjacent binding and transcriptional activation by the settler transcription factor retinoic acid receptor at previously unbound motifs. Thus, we demonstrate a new use for Cas9 in increasing surrounding chromatin accessibility to alter local transcription factor binding.

SUBMITTER: Barkal AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4816323 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature