A novel tRNA variable number tandem repeat at human chromosome 1q23.3 is implicated as a boundary element based on conservation of a CTCF motif in mouse

Diversity of human tRNA genes from the 1000-genomes project

(2014) Marc Parisien et al.   RNA Biology

Genome-wide analysis of macrosatellite repeat copy number variation in worldwide populations: evidence for differences and commonalities in size distributions and size restrictions

(2013) Mireille Schaap et al.   BMC GENOMICS

tRNA gene copy number variation in humans

(2013) James R. Iben et al.   GENE

Waves of Retrotransposon Expansion Remodel Genome Organization and CTCF Binding in Multiple Mammalian Lineages

(2012) Dominic Schmidt et al.   CELL

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

(2012) Silvère M. van der Maarel et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROLOGY

The GENCODE v7 catalog of human long noncoding RNAs: Analysis of their gene structure, evolution, and expression

(2012) T. Derrien et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

(2012)   NATURE

Digenic inheritance of an SMCHD1 mutation and an FSHD-permissive D4Z4 allele causes facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 2

(2012) Richard J L F Lemmers et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The mouse DXZ4 homolog retains Ctcf binding and proximity to Pls3 despite substantial organizational differences compared to the primate macrosatellite

(2012) Andrea H Horakova et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Combinatorial Patterning of Chromatin Regulators Uncovered by Genome-wide Location Analysis in Human Cells

(2011) Oren Ram et al.   CELL

tRNA genes in eukaryotic genome organization and reorganization

(2011) Ramsay J. McFarlane et al.   CELL CYCLE

tRNA genes protect a reporter gene from epigenetic silencing in mouse cells

(2011) Thomas Ebersole et al.   CELL CYCLE

Human tRNA genes function as chromatin insulators

(2011) Jesse R Raab et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Epigenetic regulation of the X-chromosomal macrosatellite repeat encoding for the cancer/testis gene CT47

(2011) Judit Balog et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Chromosome X-encoded cancer/testis antigens show distinctive expression patterns in developing gonads and in testicular seminoma

(2011) Y.-T. Chen et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

CTCF-mediated functional chromatin interactome in pluripotent cells

(2011) Lusy Handoko et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Genome-wide prediction and analysis of human chromatin boundary elements

(2011) Jianrong Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Variation in Array Size, Monomer Composition and Expression of the Macrosatellite DXZ4

(2011) Deanna C. Tremblay et al.   PLoS One

Repetitive Elements May Comprise Over Two-Thirds of the Human Genome

(2011) A. P. Jason de Koning et al.   PLoS Genetics

Characterization of DXZ4 conservation in primates implies important functional roles for CTCF binding, array expression and tandem repeat organization on the X chromosome

(2011) Christine R McLaughlin et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

A top-down analysis of Xa- and Xi-territories reveals differences of higher order structure at ≥ 20 Mb genomic length scales

(2011) Kathrin Teller et al.   Nucleus

Expression Patterns of Cancer-Testis Antigens in Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Their Cell Derivatives Indicate Lineage Tracks

(2011) Nadya Lifantseva et al.   Stem Cells International

Genomic organization of eukaryotic tRNAs

(2010) Clara Bermudez-Santana et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Expression, tandem repeat copy number variation and stability of four macrosatellite arrays in the human genome

(2010) Deanna C Tremblay et al.   BMC GENOMICS

CTCF shapes chromatin by multiple mechanisms: the impact of 20 years of CTCF research on understanding the workings of chromatin

(2010) Rolf Ohlsson et al.   CHROMOSOMA

tRNA insulator function: Insight into inheritance of transcription states?

(2010) Jacob G. Kirkland et al.   Epigenetics

A three-dimensional model of the yeast genome

(2010) Zhijun Duan et al.   NATURE

Abundance of Ribosomal RNA Gene Copies Maintains Genome Integrity

(2010) S. Ide et al.   SCIENCE

A Unifying Genetic Model for Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

(2010) R. J. L. F. Lemmers et al.   SCIENCE

Macrosatellite epigenetics: the two faces of DXZ4 and D4Z4

(2009) Brian P. Chadwick   CHROMOSOMA

DNA polymerase ɛ, acetylases and remodellers cooperate to form a specialized chromatin structure at a tRNA insulator

(2009) Namrita Dhillon et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

CpG islands - ‘A rough guide’

(2009) Robert S. Illingworth et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Cohesinopathy mutations disrupt the subnuclear organization of chromatin

(2009) Scarlett Gard et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Long tandem repeats as a form of genomic copy number variation: structure and length polymorphism of a chromosome 5p repeat in control and schizophrenia populations

(2009) Heather A. Bruce et al.   PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS

Specific Loss of Histone H3 Lysine 9 Trimethylation and HP1γ/Cohesin Binding at D4Z4 Repeats Is Associated with Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD)

(2009) Weihua Zeng et al.   PLoS Genetics

The D4Z4 Macrosatellite Repeat Acts as a CTCF and A-Type Lamins-Dependent Insulator in Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy

(2009) Alexandre Ottaviani et al.   PLoS Genetics

Analysis of the largest tandemly repeated DNA families in the human genome

(2008) Peter E Warburton et al.   BMC GENOMICS

TFIIIC Binding Sites Function as both Heterochromatin Barriers and Chromatin Insulators inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

(2008) Tiffany A. Simms et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Clustering of yeast tRNA genes is mediated by specific association of condensin with tRNA gene transcription complexes

(2008) R. A. Haeusler et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Identification of cis-acting sites for condensin loading onto budding yeast chromosomes

(2008) C. D'Ambrosio et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

DXZ4 chromatin adopts an opposing conformation to that of the surrounding chromosome and acquires a novel inactive X-specific role involving CTCF and antisense transcripts

(2008) B. P. Chadwick   GENOME RESEARCH

Distinct GAGE and MAGE-A expression during early human development indicate specific roles in lineage differentiation

(2008) Morten F. Gjerstorff et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Genome-wide analysis of cancer/testis gene expression

(2008) O. Hofmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA