Then the beads were pelleted and washed twice with low salt (0.1% SDS, 1% Triton X-100, 2 mM EDTA, 20 mM Tris–HCl, pH 8, 150 mM NaCl), high salt (0.1% SDS, 1% Triton X-100, 2 mM EDTA, 20 mM Tris–HCl, pH 8, 500 mM NaCl), and TE buffer (10 mM Tris–HCl, pH 8, 1 mM EDTA) respectively.