The Nucleome Data Bank: Web-based resources to simulate and analyze the three-dimensional genome

Vinícius G. Contessoto, Ryan R. Cheng, Arya Hajitaheri, Esteban Dodero-Rojas, Matheus F. Mello, Erez Lieberman-Aiden, Peter G. Wolynes, Michele Di Pierro, José N. Onuchic

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Abstract

We introduce the Nucleome Data Bank (NDB), a web-based platform to simulate and analyze the three-dimensional (3D) organization of genomes. The NDB enables physics-based simulation of chromosomal structural dynamics through the MEGABASE + MiChroM computational pipeline. The input of the pipeline consists of epigenetic information sourced from the Encode database; the output consists of the trajectories of chromosomal motions that accurately predict Hi-C and fluorescence insitu hybridization data, as well as multiple observations of chromosomal dynamics in vivo. As an intermediate step, users can also generate chromosomal sub-compartment annotations directly from the same epigenetic input, without the use of any DNA-DNA proximity ligation data. Additionally, the NDB freely hosts both experimental and computational structural genomics data. Besides being able to perform their own genome simulations and download the hosted data, users can also analyze and visualize the same data through custom-designed web-based tools. In particular, the one-dimensional genetic and epigenetic data can be overlaid onto accurate 3D structures of chromosomes, to study the spatial distribution of genetic and epigenetic features. The NDB aims to be a shared resource to biologists, biophysicists and all genome scientists. The NDB is available at https://ndb.rice.edu.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)D172-D182
JournalNucleic Acids Research
Volume49
Issue numberD1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 8 2021

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  • Genetics

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