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

Topological domains in mammalian genomes identified by analysis of chromatin interactions

(2012) Jesse R. Dixon et al.   NATURE

Primate CpG Islands Are Maintained by Heterogeneous Evolutionary Regimes Involving Minimal Selection

(2011) Netta Mendelson Cohen et al.   CELL

A high-resolution map of human evolutionary constraint using 29 mammals

(2011) Kerstin Lindblad-Toh et al.   NATURE

Eutherian mammals use diverse strategies to initiate X-chromosome inactivation during development

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Gene silencing in X-chromosome inactivation: advances in understanding facultative heterochromatin formation

(2011) Anton Wutz   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Gracefully ageing at 50, X-chromosome inactivation becomes a paradigm for RNA and chromatin control

(2011) Jeannie T. Lee   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Genome-wide CTCF distribution in vertebrates defines equivalent sites that aid the identification of disease-associated genes

(2011) David Martin et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

(2011) Shawn C. Moseley 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

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

(2011)   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Deanna C Tremblay et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Global survey of escape from X inactivation by RNA-sequencing in mouse

(2010) F. Yang et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Five-Vertebrate ChIP-seq Reveals the Evolutionary Dynamics of Transcription Factor Binding

(2010) D. Schmidt et al.   SCIENCE

Macrosatellite epigenetics: the two faces of DXZ4 and D4Z4

(2009) Brian P. Chadwick   CHROMOSOMA

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

Tandem repeat polymorphisms: modulators of disease susceptibility and candidates for ‘missing heritability’

(2009) Anthony J. Hannan   TRENDS IN GENETICS

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

(2008) Peter E Warburton et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Epigenetic regulation of heterochromatic DNA stability

(2008) Jamy C Peng et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

The biological effects of simple tandem repeats: Lessons from the repeat expansion diseases

(2008) K. Usdin   GENOME RESEARCH

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

Bisulfite sequencing Data Presentation and Compilation (BDPC) web server--a useful tool for DNA methylation analysis

(2008) C. Rohde et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Phenotypic engineering by reprogramming gene transcription using novel artificial transcription factors in Escherichia coli

(2008) J. Y. Lee et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Plastin 3 Is a Protective Modifier of Autosomal Recessive Spinal Muscular Atrophy

(2008) G. E. Oprea et al.   SCIENCE