CCCTC-Binding Factor

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • An Ectopic CTCF Binding Element Inhibits Tcrd Rearrangement by Limiting Contact between Vδ and Dδ Gene Segments. 
  • Chromatin architecture, CCCTC-binding factor, and V(D)J recombination: managing long-distance relationships at antigen receptor loci. 
  • Chromatin of the Barr body: histone and non-histone proteins associated with or excluded from the inactive X chromosome. 
  • Cohesin, CTCF and lymphocyte antigen receptor locus rearrangement. 
  • Differential DNA methylation with age displays both common and dynamic features across human tissues that are influenced by CpG landscape. 
  • Differential contribution of cis-regulatory elements to higher order chromatin structure and expression of the CFTR locus. 
  • Early de novo DNA methylation and prolonged demethylation in the muscle lineage. 
  • Frequent IGF2/H19 domain epigenetic alterations and elevated IGF2 expression in epithelial ovarian cancer. 
  • Global epigenomic analysis of primary human pancreatic islets provides insights into type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci. 
  • Heritable individual-specific and allele-specific chromatin signatures in humans. 
  • Human gamma-satellite DNA maintains open chromatin structure and protects a transgene from epigenetic silencing. 
  • Identification and characterization of cell type-specific and ubiquitous chromatin regulatory structures in the human genome. 
  • Identification of a novel epigenetic regulatory region within the pluripotency associated microRNA cluster, EEmiRC. 
  • Lineage-specific compaction of Tcrb requires a chromatin barrier to protect the function of a long-range tethering element. 
  • Nucleoporin 153 links nuclear pore complex to chromatin architecture by mediating CTCF and cohesin binding. 
  • Open chromatin defined by DNaseI and FAIRE identifies regulatory elements that shape cell-type identity. 
  • Pre-established Chromatin Interactions Mediate the Genomic Response to Glucocorticoids. 
  • Quantitative genetics of CTCF binding reveal local sequence effects and different modes of X-chromosome association. 
  • Site-specific silencing of regulatory elements as a mechanism of X inactivation. 
  • Tcra gene recombination is supported by a Tcra enhancer- and CTCF-dependent chromatin hub. 
  • Variable Extent of Lineage-Specificity and Developmental Stage-Specificity of Cohesin and CCCTC-Binding Factor Binding Within the Immunoglobulin and T Cell Receptor Loci.