Antibodies 101: ChIP
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 10, 2022, 3:25 p.m.
...next-gen sequencing. ChIP is an incredibly useful application for exploring these interactions, and can give... protein interactions, including epigenetic modifications. But it's not an approach for the faint of heart...background information. Your options for this step are sonication, which uses high-frequency sound waves to break...break up the DNA, or enzymatic digestion. Sonication provides a truly random digestion, but is harsher ...to the selective nature of the cutting. While sonication is usually the preferred method, enzymatic digestion...concentration.
Protein Capture
After crosslinking and sonication or enzymatic digestion, you’re ready to incubate...crosslinking. Finally, purify your DNA with a PCR purification kit or with a phenol-chloroform extraction.
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