ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026
Discrepancies between ChIP-seq and CUT&Tag histone mark profiles are explained by GC content and chromatin accessibility.
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Chromatin profiling methods, such as ChIP-seq (chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing), are used to characterize the genomic localization of DNA-associated proteins. While ChIP and ChIP-seq have been used for decades, an orthogonal approach, CUT&Tag (Cleavage Under Targets and Tagmentation), is gaining popularity as an efficient and cost-effective alternative. Although previous comparative studies note discrepancies in signal-to-noise ratios and detection bias at certain genomic regions, many differences between ChIP-seq and CUT&Tag results remain largely unreconciled. Here, we systematically investigate the disagreeing signals captured by these two methods across well annotated genomic regions. We assess multiple histone mark profiles generated by different groups in two cell lines (K562 and MCF-7). Overall, our analysis indicates that compared to ChIP-seq, CUT&Tag may have limited sensitivity in low-GC environments and, as previously observed
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