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GOTHiC, a probabilistic model to resolve complex biases and to identify real interactions in Hi-C data

Mifsud, B; Martincorena, I; Darbo, E; Sugar, R; Schoenfelder, S; Fraser, P; Luscombe, NM; (2017) GOTHiC, a probabilistic model to resolve complex biases and to identify real interactions in Hi-C data. PLoS ONE , 12 (4) , Article e0174744. 10.1371/journal.pone.0174744. Green open access

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Abstract

Hi-C is one of the main methods for investigating spatial co-localisation of DNA in the nucleus. However, the raw sequencing data obtained from Hi-C experiments suffer from large biases and spurious contacts, making it difficult to identify true interactions. Existing methods use complex models to account for biases and do not provide a significance threshold for detecting interactions. Here we introduce a simple binomial probabilistic model that resolves complex biases and distinguishes between true and false interactions. The model corrects biases of known and unknown origin and yields a p-value for each interaction, providing a reliable threshold based on significance. We demonstrate this experimentally by testing the method against a random ligation dataset. Our method outperforms previous methods and provides a statistical framework for further data analysis, such as comparisons of Hi-C interactions between different conditions. GOTHiC is available as a BioConductor package (http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/GOTHiC.html).

Type: Article
Title: GOTHiC, a probabilistic model to resolve complex biases and to identify real interactions in Hi-C data
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174744
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174744
Language: English
Additional information: © 2017 Mifsud et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, HUMAN GENOME, CHROMATIN, ORGANIZATION, PRINCIPLES
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10034180
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