CUT&Tag (Cleavage Under Targets and Tagmentation) Resource Center
Introduction
Cleavage Under Targets and Tagmentation (CUT&Tag) is a method to investigate genomic localization of histone modifications and some transcription factors that reveals interactions between proteins and DNA or identifies DNA binding sites for proteins of interest.
Unlike MNase-Seq or ATAC-Seq methods that target open chromatin and are therefore dependent on chromatin accessibility, CUT&Tag utilizes an antibody-based enzyme tethering strategy to target specific histone modifications or proteins to reveal chromatin-binding information that is specific to those sites or proteins of interest.
CUT&Tag is based on the same principles as ChIP-Seq, but with several changes to the protocol that are advantageous in certain situations. Instead of the sonication of fixed chromatin and immunoprecipitation steps performed in ChIP-Seq protocols, in CUT&Tag, fresh (not frozen) unfixed cells are bound to concanavalin A beads and the antibody incubation is performed with cells in their native state. Directly following antibody binding, the chromatin is digested and NGS libraries are prepared in a single step by tagmentation using the protein A-Tn5 (pA-Tn5) transposome enzyme that has been pre-loaded with sequencing adapters. CUT&Tag can rapidly produce high-quality results from less starting material than ChIP-Seq, and enables robust analysis from lower sequencing depths, saving both time and money.
Products
- CUT&Tag Validated Antibodies
- CUT&Tag-IT® Assay Kits
- Nextera™-Compatible Multiplex Primers (96 plex)
- Tn5 and pA-Tn5 Transposases
Services
Support
Webinars
- Recent Technology Advances in Epigenomic Profiling
- CUT&Tag vs ChIP-Seq – From Data Generation to Analysis
- Novel Translational CUT&Tag Assays
eBooks
Blogs
- Seeing the Bigger Picture – Spatially Resolving Chromatin Modification Profiles with Spatial-CUT&Tag
- Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Using CUT&Tag Assays
- Library QC for ATAC-Seq and CUT&Tag – AKA “Does My Library Look Okay?”
Podcasts
Publications
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