New methods for measuring the sensitivity of chromatin to DNase digestion and Tn5 transposition help us map and interpret the genome's regulatory sequences.
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Raj, A., McVicker, G. The genome shows its sensitive side. Nat Methods 11, 39–40 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2770
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