Version Compatibility

Reference examples tested with: NucleoATAC 0.3.4+, ATACseqQC 1.26+, DANPOS 3.1+, samtools 1.19+, pysam 0.22+, pyBigWig 0.3+, BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38 1.4+, TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.knownGene 3.18+.

NucleoATAC is unmaintained since 2018 but remains the canonical ATAC-specific nucleosome caller; ATACseqQC, DANPOS3, and scprinter are actively developed alternatives. Verify versions before use:

• Python: pip show <package> then help(module.function) to check signatures
• R: packageVersion('<pkg>') then ?function_name to verify parameters
• CLI: <tool> --version then <tool> --help to confirm flags

If code throws unexpected errors, introspect the installed package and adapt rather than retrying.

Nucleosome Positioning

"Where are the nucleosomes in my ATAC-seq data?" -> Use fragment-size classes (Tn5 cuts twice through naked DNA generating short fragments; once on each side of a single nucleosome generating ~147+linker fragments) to call nucleosome centers, occupancy scores, and the spacing pattern around regulatory elements.

• CLI: nucleoatac run --bed regions.bed --bam sample.bam --fasta genome.fa
• R: ATACseqQC::splitGAlignmentsByCut() -> fragment classes; factorFootprints() -> per-TF flanking nuc analysis
• CLI: python danpos.py dpos sample.bam (alternative; supports MNase, ATAC, DNase)
• Python: scprinter for multi-scale nucleosome inference