ChIP-seq Data Processing and Relative and Quantitative Signal Normalization for Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Chromatin immunoprecipitation with high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) is a widely used technique for genome-wide analyses of protein–DNA interactions. This protocol provides a guide to ChIP-seq data processing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with a focus on signal normalization to address data biase...

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Main Authors: Kris Alavattam, Bradley Dickson, Rina Hirano, Rachel Dell, Toshio Tsukiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bio-protocol LLC 2025-05-01
Series:Bio-Protocol
Online Access:https://bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?id=5299&type=0
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Summary:Chromatin immunoprecipitation with high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) is a widely used technique for genome-wide analyses of protein–DNA interactions. This protocol provides a guide to ChIP-seq data processing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with a focus on signal normalization to address data biases and enable meaningful comparisons within and between samples. Designed for researchers with minimal bioinformatics experience, it includes practical overviews and refers to scripting examples for key tasks, such as configuring computational environments, trimming and aligning reads, processing alignments, and visualizing signals. This protocol employs the sans-spike-in method for quantitative ChIP-seq (siQ-ChIP) and normalized coverage for absolute and relative comparisons of ChIP-seq data, respectively. While spike-in normalization, which is semiquantitative, is addressed for context, siQ-ChIP and normalized coverage are recommended as mathematically rigorous and reliable alternatives.
ISSN:2331-8325