PMID- 33953379 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210928 LR - 20230201 IS - 1471-0080 (Electronic) IS - 1471-0072 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 8 DP - 2021 Aug TI - Understanding 3D genome organization by multidisciplinary methods. PG - 511-528 LID - 10.1038/s41580-021-00362-w [doi] AB - Understanding how chromatin is folded in the nucleus is fundamental to understanding its function. Although 3D genome organization has been historically difficult to study owing to a lack of relevant methodologies, major technological breakthroughs in genome-wide mapping of chromatin contacts and advances in imaging technologies in the twenty-first century considerably improved our understanding of chromosome conformation and nuclear architecture. In this Review, we discuss methods of 3D genome organization analysis, including sequencing-based techniques, such as Hi-C and its derivatives, Micro-C, DamID and others; microscopy-based techniques, such as super-resolution imaging coupled with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), multiplex FISH, in situ genome sequencing and live microscopy methods; and computational and modelling approaches. We describe the most commonly used techniques and their contribution to our current knowledge of nuclear architecture and, finally, we provide a perspective on up-and-coming methods that open possibilities for future major discoveries. CI - (c) 2021. Springer Nature Limited. FAU - Jerkovic, Ivana AU - Jerkovic I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9707-8303 AD - Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France. FAU - Cavalli, Giacomo AU - Cavalli G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3709-3469 AD - Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France. giacomo.cavalli@igh.cnrs.fr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20210505 PL - England TA - Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol JT - Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology JID - 100962782 RN - 0 (Chromatin) SB - IM MH - Chromatin/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Chromosome Mapping MH - Chromosomes/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Computational Biology MH - *Genome MH - High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing MH - Humans MH - Microscopy MH - Models, Molecular MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA EDAT- 2021/05/07 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/29 06:00 CRDT- 2021/05/06 06:56 PHST- 2021/03/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/05/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/06 06:56 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/s41580-021-00362-w [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41580-021-00362-w [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2021 Aug;22(8):511-528. doi: 10.1038/s41580-021-00362-w. Epub 2021 May 5.