Techniques for and challenges in reconstructing 3D genome structures from 2D chromosome conformation capture data

Zilong Li, Stephanie Portillo-Ledesma, Tamar Schlick

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Abstract

Chromosome conformation capture technologies that provide frequency information for contacts between genomic regions have been crucial for increasing our understanding of genome folding and regulation. However, such data do not provide direct evidence of the spatial 3D organization of chromatin. In this opinion article, we discuss the development and application of computational methods to reconstruct chromatin 3D structures from experimental 2D contact data, highlighting how such modeling provides biological insights and can suggest mechanisms anchored to experimental data. By applying different reconstruction methods to the same contact data, we illustrate some state-of-the-art of these techniques and discuss our gene resolution approach based on Brownian dynamics and Monte Carlo sampling.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number102209
JournalCurrent Opinion in Cell Biology
Volume83
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cell Biology

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