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Background: Transcription factor (TF) binding at specific DNA sequences is the fundamental step in transcriptional regulation, and is highly dependent on the local chromatin structure context in eukaryotes.The basic unit of chromatin structure is the nucleosome.There are specific patterns of nueleosome occupancy around transcription factor binding sites (TFBSs).However, previous studies have focused mainly on nucleosome occupancy around TFBSs of a few specific TFs.We therefore need to collect more TFBSs to systematically investigate the common features of nucleosome occupancy around TFBSs.