Table 1 Methods to study epigenomic and epigenetic states

From: Epigenetic regulation in metabolic diseases: mechanisms and advances in clinical study

Methods

Purposes

ChIP-seq

Studying protein/DNA-binding and histone-modification sites in a genome-wide manner

ISH-PLA

Detecting histone modifications at specific gene loci in single cells

DNase-seq

Mapping Deoxyribonuclease I hypersensitive sites (DHSs)

ATAC-seq

Sequencing regions of loosely packaged chromatin through transposition of markers

FAIRE-Seq

Sequencing the DNA unbound by chromatin proteins

MNase-seq

sequencing regions of DNA bound by histones or other chromatin-bound proteins

BS-Seq

5mC detection

oxBS-Seq

Quantitative mapping of 5hmC

fCAB-Seq

Sequencing 5fC

CAB-Seq

Mapping 5caC

CUT&TAG

Analyzing protein interactions with DNA

CUT&RUN

Analyzing protein interactions with DNA