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HEREDITAS ›› 2009, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 325-366.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2009.00325

• 技术与方法 • Previous Articles    

Biochemical methods for the analysis of DNA-protein interactions

ZHANG Jin-Bi;PAN Zeng-Xiang;LIN Fei;MA Xue-Shan;LIU Hong-Lin   

  1. College of animal science and technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
  • Received:2008-07-18 Revised:2008-12-08 Online:2009-03-10 Published:2009-03-10
  • Contact: LIU Hong-Lin

Abstract: Investigation of DNA-protein interactions is fundamental to understand the mechanism underlying a variety of life processes. In this article, various types of biochemical methods in DNA-protein interaction study in vivo and in vitro at the level of DNA, protein, and the complex, respectively were briefly reviewed. Traditional assays including Nitrocellulose filter-binding assay, Footprinting, EMSA, and Southwestern blotting were summarized. In addition, chromatin immunopre-cipitation techniques including nChIP, xChIP, and ChIP-on-chip, which were widely used in epigenetics, were particularly introduced.