YY1 associates with the macrosatellite DXZ4 on the inactive X chromosome and binds with CTCF to a hypomethylated form in some male carcinomas

YY1 Tethers Xist RNA to the Inactive X Nucleation Center

(2011) Yesu Jeon et al.   CELL

Regulation of X-chromosome inactivation by the X-inactivation centre

(2011) Sandrine Augui et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The Transcription Factor YY1 Is a Substrate for Polo-Like Kinase 1 at the G2/M Transition of the Cell Cycle

(2011) Raed Rizkallah et al.   PLoS One

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

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

A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

(2011)   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

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

(2010) Deanna C Tremblay et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Multiple YY1 and CTCF binding sites in imprinting control regions

(2010) Joomyeong Kim   Epigenetics

Genome-wide analysis of YY2 versus YY1 target genes

(2010) Li Chen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

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

Common epigenetic changes of D4Z4 in contraction-dependent and contraction-independent FSHD

(2009) Jessica C. de Greef et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

Changes in DNA methylation of tandem DNA repeats are different from interspersed repeats in cancer

(2009) Si Ho Choi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Regulation of the Transcription Factor YY1 in Mitosis through Phosphorylation of Its DNA-binding Domain

(2009) Raed Rizkallah et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

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

X Chromosome Dosage Compensation: How Mammals Keep the Balance

(2008) Bernhard Payer et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

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

(2008) Peter E Warburton et al.   BMC GENOMICS

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

Mapping and sequencing of structural variation from eight human genomes

(2008) Jeffrey M. Kidd et al.   NATURE

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

(2008) Rabi Tawil   Neurotherapeutics

Epigenetics of a tandem DNA repeat: chromatin DNaseI sensitivity and opposite methylation changes in cancers

(2008) Koji Tsumagari et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH