FORK-seq : replication landscape of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome by nanopore sequencing
M. Hennion, J-M. Arbona, L. Lacroix, C. Cruaud, B. Theulot, B. Le Tallec, F. Proux, X. Wu, E. Novikova, S. Engelen, A. Lemainque, B. Audit, O. Hyrien
Abstract
Genome replication mapping methods profile cell populations, masking cell-to-cell heterogeneity. Here, we describe FORK-seq, a nanopore sequencing method to map replication of single DNA molecules at 200-nucleotide resolution. By quantifying BrdU incorporation along pulse-chased replication intermediates from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we orient 58,651 replication tracks reproducing population-based replication directionality profiles and map 4964 and 4485 individual initiation and termination events, respectively. Although most events cluster at known origins and fork merging zones, 9% and 18% of initiation and termination events, respectively, occur at many locations previously missed. Thus, FORK-seq reveals the full extent of cell-to-cell heterogeneity in DNA replication.
Genome Biol. 2020 May 26 ;21(1):125. doi : 10.1186/s13059-020-02013-3
