The detailed methods of CHIRP assay were previously described [12 (link)]. Briefly, sonicated chromatin materials diluted using hybridization buffer and hybridized with 100pmol of biotinylated tiling DNA probes targeting HOTTIP or LacZ containing 100 μL of Streptavidin-magnetic C1 beads (Invitrogen). RNA and DNA hybrids and RNA binding proteins were subjected to analysis by ChIRP-qPCR and ChIRP-RT-qPCR. Illumina’s TruSeq ChIP Sample Preparation Kit was used according to manufacturer’s instructions for preparation of CHIRP libraries and submitted to paired-end sequencing of 100 bp length on an Illumina HiSeq 2500. All sequencing genomics datasets were deposited in the NCBI GEO under accession number (GSE114981).