Gene insulation. Part II: natural strategies in vertebrates

ATRX Partners with Cohesin and MeCP2 and Contributes to Developmental Silencing of Imprinted Genes in the Brain

(2010) Kristin D. Kernohan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

X-changing information on X inactivation

(2010) Tahsin Stefan Barakat et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Genomic binding profiles of functionally distinct RNA polymerase III transcription complexes in human cells

(2010) Zarmik Moqtaderi et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Modular Insulators: Genome Wide Search for Composite CTCF/Thyroid Hormone Receptor Binding Sites

(2010) Oliver Weth et al.   PLoS One

Postnatal Survival of Mice with Maternal Duplication of Distal Chromosome 7 Induced by a Igf2/H19 Imprinting Control Region Lacking Insulator Function

(2010) Li Han et al.   PLoS Genetics

Histone hyperacetylation within the  -globin locus is context-dependent and precedes high-level gene expression

(2009) G. Fromm et al.   BLOOD

CpG island methylation affects accessibility of the proximal BRCA1 promoter to transcription factors

(2009) Jinhua Xu et al.   BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT

CTCF: Master Weaver of the Genome

(2009) Jennifer E. Phillips et al.   CELL

How cohesin and CTCF cooperate in regulating gene expression

(2009) Kerstin S. Wendt et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

SATB1 Defines the Developmental Context for Gene Silencing by Xist in Lymphoma and Embryonic Cells

(2009) Ruben Agrelo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Architectural roles of multiple chromatin insulators at the human apolipoprotein gene cluster

(2009) Tsuyoshi Mishiro et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Three subclasses of a Drosophila insulator show distinct and cell type-specific genomic distributions

(2009) A. M. Bushey et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Loss of IGF2 imprinting is associated with abrogation of long-range intrachromosomal interactions in human cancer cells

(2009) Thanh H. Vu et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Multilocus methylation analysis in a large cohort of 11p15-related foetal growth disorders (Russell Silver and Beckwith Wiedemann syndromes) reveals simultaneous loss of methylation at paternal and maternal imprinted loci

(2009) Salah Azzi et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Analysis of the IGF2/H19 imprinting control region uncovers new genetic defects, including mutations of OCT-binding sequences, in patients with 11p15 fetal growth disorders

(2009) Julie Demars et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

RNA transcripts, miRNA-sized fragments and proteins produced from D4Z4 units: new candidates for the pathophysiology of facioscapulohumeral dystrophy

(2009) Lauren Snider et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

CCCTC-Binding Factor and the Transcription Factor T-bet Orchestrate T Helper 1 Cell-Specific Structure and Function at the Interferon-γ Locus

(2009) Masayuki Sekimata et al.   IMMUNITY

The Higher Structure of Chromatin in the LCR of the β-Globin Locus Changes during Development

(2009) Xiangdong Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Epigenetic Silencing of the p16INK4a Tumor Suppressor Is Associated with Loss of CTCF Binding and a Chromatin Boundary

(2009) Michael Witcher et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The pluripotency factor Oct4 interacts with Ctcf and also controls X-chromosome pairing and counting

(2009) Mary E. Donohoe et al.   NATURE

H3.3/H2A.Z double variant–containing nucleosomes mark 'nucleosome-free regions' of active promoters and other regulatory regions

(2009) Chunyuan Jin et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Silencing by nuclear matrix attachment distinguishes cell-type specificity: association with increased proliferation capacity

(2009) Amelia K. Linnemann et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Inter-MAR Association Contributes to Transcriptionally Active Looping Events in Human β-globin Gene Cluster

(2009) Li Wang et al.   PLoS One

Targeted Deletion of Multiple CTCF-Binding Elements in the Human C-MYC Gene Reveals a Requirement for CTCF in C-MYC Expression

(2009) Wendy M. Gombert et al.   PLoS One

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

Cohesin Is Required for Higher-Order Chromatin Conformation at the Imprinted IGF2-H19 Locus

(2009) Raffaella Nativio et al.   PLoS Genetics

CTCF binding site classes exhibit distinct evolutionary, genomic, epigenomic and transcriptomic features

(2009) Kobby Essien et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

On the Molecular Etiology of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome

(2008) Dale Dorsett et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

BORIS, a paralogue of the transcription factor, CTCF, is aberrantly expressed in breast tumours

(2008) V D'Arcy et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

Kaiso Contributes to DNA Methylation-Dependent Silencing of Tumor Suppressor Genes in Colon Cancer Cell Lines

(2008) E. C. Lopes et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Integration of External Signaling Pathways with the Core Transcriptional Network in Embryonic Stem Cells

(2008) Xi Chen et al.   CELL

Higher order chromatin structure at the X-inactivation center via looping DNA

(2008) Chia-Lun Tsai et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

CTCF regulates cell cycle progression of αβ T cells in the thymus

(2008) Helen Heath et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

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

Vezf1 regulates genomic DNA methylation through its effects on expression of DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3b

(2008) H. Gowher 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

Global analysis of the insulator binding protein CTCF in chromatin barrier regions reveals demarcation of active and repressive domains

(2008) S. Cuddapah et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Differential nuclear scaffold/matrix attachment marks expressed genes†

(2008) Amelia K. Linnemann et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

A genetic locus targeted to the nuclear periphery in living cells maintains its transcriptional competence

(2008) R. Ileng Kumaran et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The insulator factor CTCF controls MHC class II gene expression and is required for the formation of long-distance chromatin interactions

(2008) Parimal Majumder et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Enhancer-Promoter Communication Is Regulated by Insulator Pairing in a Drosophila Model Bigenic Locus

(2008) O. Maksimenko et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

CTCF Regulates Allelic Expression of Igf2 by Orchestrating a Promoter-Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Intrachromosomal Loop

(2008) T. Li et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

The LPS-Induced Transcriptional Upregulation of the Chicken Lysozyme Locus Involves CTCF Eviction and Noncoding RNA Transcription

(2008) Pascal Lefevre et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

SATB1 reprogrammes gene expression to promote breast tumour growth and metastasis

(2008) Hye-Jung Han et al.   NATURE

Domain organization of human chromosomes revealed by mapping of nuclear lamina interactions

(2008) Lars Guelen et al.   NATURE

Maintenance of Long-Range DNA Interactions after Inhibition of Ongoing RNA Polymerase II Transcription

(2008) Robert-Jan Palstra et al.   PLoS One

CTCF physically links cohesin to chromatin

(2008) E. D. Rubio et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Coupling of Xist Regulation and Pluripotency

(2008) P. Navarro et al.   SCIENCE

CTCF cis-Regulates Trinucleotide Repeat Instability in an Epigenetic Manner: A Novel Basis for Mutational Hot Spot Determination

(2008) Randell T. Libby et al.   PLoS Genetics

Recruitment to the Nuclear Periphery Can Alter Expression of Genes in Human Cells

(2008) Lee E. Finlan et al.   PLoS Genetics