Title
High-throughput targeted repeat element bisulfite sequencing (HT-TREBS)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019. High-throughput targeted repeat element bisulfite sequencing (HT-TREBS) is designed to assay the methylation level of individual retrotransposon loci of a targeted family, in a locus-specific manner, and on a genome-wide scale. Briefly, genomic DNA is sheared and ligated to Ion Torrent A adaptors (with methylated cytosines), followed by bisulfite-conversion, and amplification with primers designed to bind the targeted retrotransposon. Since the primers carry the Ion Torrent P1 adaptor as a 5′-extension, the amplified library is ready to be size-selected and sequenced on a next-generation sequencing platform. Once sequenced, each retrotransposon is mapped to a particular genomic locus, which is achieved through ensuring at least a 10-bp overlap with flanking unique sequence, followed by the calculation of methylation levels of the mapped retrotransposon using a BiQ Analyzer HT. A complete protocol for library construction as well as the bioinformatics for HT-TREBS is described in this chapter.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Methods in Molecular Biology
First Page
219
Last Page
228
Recommended Citation
Bakshi, A., Ekram, M., & Kim, J. (2019). High-throughput targeted repeat element bisulfite sequencing (HT-TREBS). Methods in Molecular Biology, 1908, 219-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9004-7_15