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Exporting histone modification sites with BioMart

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Exporting histone modification sites with BioMart

Using the Human Regulatory Evidence dataset, export a list of all H3K9me3 modified loci on chromosome Y in Aorta. What is the source of this evidence?

Go to BioMart and click New. Choose the Ensembl Regulation database. Choose the Human Regulatory Evidence dataset.

Click on Filters in the left panel. Expand the REGULATORY EVIDENCE section by clicking on the + box and select Chromosome - Y, Feature Type – H3K9me3, and Epigenome – aorta.

Click on Attributes in the left panel. Select Chromosome/scaffold name, Start (bp), End (bp), Feature type, Epigenome name and Project name. Click the Results button to see the results table. Select View: All rows as HTML or Export all results to a File.

This data comes from the Roadmap Epigenomics.