An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

Dunham, I., Kundaje, A., Aldred, S. F., Collins, P. J., Davis, C., Doyle, F., Epstein, C. B., Frietze, S., Harrow, J., Kaul, R., Khatun, J., Lajoie, B. R., Landt, S. G., Lee, B. K., Pauli, F., Rosenbloom, K. R., Sabo, P., Safi, A., Sanyal, A., Shoresh, N., Simon, J. M., Song, L., Trinklein, N. D., Altshuler, R. C., Birney, E., Brown, J. B., Cheng, C., Djebali, S., Dong, X. J., Ernst, J., Furey, T. S., Gerstein, M., Giardine, B., Greven, M., Hardison, R. C., Harris, R. S., Herrero, J., Hoffman, M. M., Iyer, S., Kellis, M., Kheradpour, P., Lassmann, T., Li, Q. H., Lin, X., Marinov, G. K., Merkel, A., Mortazavi, A., Parker, S. C. J., Reddy, T. E., Rozowsky, J., Schlesinger, F., Thurman, R. E., Wang, J., Ward, L. D., Whitfield, T. W., Wilder, S. P., Wu, W., Xi, H. L. S., Yip, K. Y., Zhuang, J. L., Bernstein, B. E., Green, E. D., Gunter, C., Snyder, M., Pazin, M. J., Lowdon, R. F., Dillon, L. A. L., Adams, L. B., Kelly, C. J., Zhang, J., Wexler, J. R., Good, P. J., Feingold, E. A., Crawford, G. E., Dekker, J., Elnitski, L., Farnham, P. J., Giddings, M. C., Gingeras, T. R., Guigo, R., Hubbard, T. J., Kent, W. J., Lieb, J. D., Margulies, E. H., Myers, R. M., Stamatoyannopoulos, J. A., Tenenbaum, S. A., Weng, Z. P., White, K. P., Wold, B., Yu, Y., Wrobel, J., Risk, B. A., Gunawardena, H. P., Kuiper, H. C., Maier, C. W., Xie, L., Chen, X., Mikkelsen, T. S., Gillespie, S. (September 2012) An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome. Nature, 489 (7414). pp. 57-74. ISSN 0028-0836

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22955616
DOI: 10.1038/nature11247

Abstract

The human genome encodes the blueprint of life, but the function of the vast majority of its nearly three billion bases is unknown. The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project has systematically mapped regions of transcription, transcription factor association, chromatin structure and histone modification. These data enabled us to assign biochemical functions for 80% of the genome, in particular outside of the well-studied protein-coding regions. Many discovered candidate regulatory elements are physically associated with one another and with expressed genes, providing new insights into the mechanisms of gene regulation. The newly identified elements also show a statistical correspondence to sequence variants linked to human disease, and can thereby guide interpretation of this variation. Overall, the project provides new insights into the organization and regulation of our genes and genome, and is an expansive resource of functional annotations for biomedical research.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: transcription factor-binding chromosome conformation capture human-cells in-vivo chromatin regions mouse maps wide determinants
Subjects: bioinformatics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > DNA expression
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > cis-regulatory elements
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > genomes > genome rendering
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > genomes
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > genomes > genome annotation
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > personal genomes
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > genomes > personal genomes
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL Cancer Center Program > Cancer Genetics
CSHL Cancer Center Program > Gene Regulation and Cell Proliferation
CSHL Cancer Center Shared Resources > Bioinformatics Service
CSHL Cancer Center Shared Resources > DNA Sequencing Service
CSHL labs > Gingeras lab
CSHL labs > Hannon lab
School of Biological Sciences > Publications
CSHL labs > Dobin Lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 6 September 2012
Date Deposited: 31 Jan 2013 17:35
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2020 18:13
PMCID: PMC3439153
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/26932

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