were collected by centrifugation and washed with cold PBS. The pellet
was then resuspended in 5 times the packed cell volume of lysis buffer
(10 mM HEPES, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 10 mM KCl, pH 7.9) supplemented
with a protease inhibitor tablet (Roche). The cells were allowed to
swell on ice for 20 min, then centrifuged, and the supernatant was
removed. The pellet was resuspended in 2 times the packed cell volume
and then dounced 10 times with a glass dounce homogenizer. The homogenate
was centrifuged and the supernatant was removed, repeating several
times with fresh lysis buffer. The nuclear pellet was frozen and stored
at −80 °C until use. After thawing, the pellet was resuspended
in 0.9 times the packed nuclear volume in the second lysis buffer
(20 mM HEPES, 0.4 M NaCl, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 20% glycerol (v/v),
pH 7.9) supplemented with a protease inhibitor tablet (Roche). The
suspension was dounced 20 times with the glass dounce homogenizer.
After incubation at 4 °C for 30 min on a rotator, the sample
was centrifuged at high speed (12 000 rpm) for 30 min. The
supernatant was removed and then dialyzed into a glycerol free, lower
salt buffer (20 mM HEPES, 100 mM KCl, 2 mM MgCl2, pH 7.9)
supplemented with a protease inhibitor tablet (Roche). The lysate
was aliquoted, flash frozen in liquid nitrogen, and stored at −80
°C until needed.