within a genomic region 2kb upstream and 1kb downstream of the TSS. The TSS and direction of transcription are denoted by arrows at the bottom of the figure. Blue bars: endogenous c-Myc binding in WT mES cells, Red bars: Myc overexpressing mES cells, Green bars: Myc knock-down mES cells. Negative values occur when there is no enrichment in ChIP DNA relative to input. Found at: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007839.s010 (0.16 MB PDF) Table S1 List of Myc associated promoters in AK7 ES cells. Found at: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007839.s011 (0.58 MB XLS) Table S2 Myc associated promoters showing H3-K27me3 Myc associated promoters showing Suz12 binding Myc associated promoters showing Suz12 binding and H3-K27me3 Note: data on Suz12 and H3-K27me3 from Boyer et al. 2006 (ref 16). 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