HiCPlotter integrates genomic data with interaction matrices

Genome Biol. 2015 Sep 21;16(1):198. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0767-1.

Abstract

Metazoan genomic material is folded into stable non-randomly arranged chromosomal structures that are tightly associated with transcriptional regulation and DNA replication. Various factors including regulators of pluripotency, long non-coding RNAs, or the presence of architectural proteins have been implicated in regulation and assembly of the chromatin architecture. Therefore, comprehensive visualization of this multi-faceted structure is important to unravel the connections between nuclear architecture and transcriptional regulation. Here, we present an easy-to-use open-source visualization tool, HiCPlotter, to facilitate juxtaposition of Hi-C matrices with diverse genomic assay outputs, as well as to compare interaction matrices between various conditions. https://github.com/kcakdemir/HiCPlotter.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatin / genetics
  • DNA Replication / genetics*
  • Data Mining / methods
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Genome / genetics*
  • Software*

Substances

  • Chromatin