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Genomes and Genes | Elena KlenovaSummaryAffiliation: University of Essex Country: UK Publications
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YB-1 and CTCF differentially regulate the 5-HTT polymorphic intron 2 enhancer which predisposes to a variety of neurological disordersElena Klenova
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Essex CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
J Neurosci 24:5966-73. 2004..Our data suggest a novel mechanism that explains, in part, the ability of the distinct VNTR copy numbers to support differential reporter gene expression based on YB-1 binding sites...
Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and epigenetics. Is CTCF PARt of the plot?Elena Klenova
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, UK
Cell Cycle 4:96-101. 2005....
CTCF interacts with and recruits the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II to CTCF target sites genome-wideIgor Chernukhin
Department of Biological Sciences, Central Campus, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
Mol Cell Biol 27:1631-48. 2007..We discuss the possible implications of our observations with respect to plausible mechanisms of transcriptional regulation via a CTCF-mediated direct link of LS Pol II to the DNA...
Mutational analysis of the poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation sites of the transcription factor CTCF provides an insight into the mechanism of its regulation by poly(ADP-ribosyl)ationDawn Farrar
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
Mol Cell Biol 30:1199-216. 2010..By using bioinformatics tools, numerous sites of CTCF and PARP-1 colocalization were demonstrated, suggesting that such regulation of CTCF may take place at the genome level...
Decreased poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of CTCF, a transcription factor, is associated with breast cancer phenotype and cell proliferationFrance Docquier
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Essex, United Kingdom
Clin Cancer Res 15:5762-71. 2009..This study was aimed to investigate differential poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of CTCF in normal and tumor breast tissues...
Generation of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation deficient mutants of the transcription factor, CTCFDawn Farrar
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, UK
Methods Mol Biol 780:293-312. 2011..Based on several general characteristics (nuclear distribution/localisation, stability and levels of expression in the cell), the PARylation-deficient mutant was comparable with the wild-type CTCF...
BioVyon Protein A, an alternative solid-phase affinity matrix for chromatin immunoprecipitationIgor Chernukhin
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, UK
Anal Biochem 412:183-8. 2011..In summary, BioVyon Protein A provides a column-based assay method for ChIP and other immunoprecipitation-based procedures; the rigid porous structure of BioVyon enables a fast and robust protocol with higher ChIP enrichment ratios...
The potential of BORIS detected in the leukocytes of breast cancer patients as an early marker of tumorigenesisVivien D'Arcy
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom
Clin Cancer Res 12:5978-86. 2006..The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of BORIS in the leukocytes of breast cancer patients and the correlation between BORIS levels and clinical/pathologic variables...
Immunoprecipitation techniques for the analysis of transcription factor complexesElena Klenova
Department of Biological Sciences, Gene Regulation Laboratory, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, UK
Methods 26:254-9. 2002..The importance of empirically establishing optimum conditions for cell lysis, selection of appropriate antibodies, conditions for immunoprecipitation, and detection of interacting partners are discussed...
Heightened expression of CTCF in breast cancer cells is associated with resistance to apoptosisFrance Docquier
Department of Biological Sciences, Central Campus, University of Essex, Essex, United Kingdon
Cancer Res 65:5112-22. 2005..The observations reported in this study may lead to development of therapies based on selective reduction of CTCF in breast cancer cells...
Mutation of a single CTCF target site within the H19 imprinting control region leads to loss of Igf2 imprinting and complex patterns of de novo methylation upon maternal inheritanceVinod Pant
Department of Development and Genetics, Evolution Biology Centre, Uppsala University, S 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Mol Cell Biol 24:3497-504. 2004..Considering many other CTCF targets, we propose that site-specific interactions between various DNA-bound CTCF molecules may provide general focal points in the organization of looped chromatin domains involved in gene regulation...
The binding sites for the chromatin insulator protein CTCF map to DNA methylation-free domains genome-wideRituparna Mukhopadhyay
Department of Development and Genetics, Evolution Biology Centre, Uppsala University, , S-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Genome Res 14:1594-602. 2004..As these targets are generally DNA methylation-free as determined by antibodies against 5-methylcytidine and a methyl-binding protein (MBD2), a CTCF-based network correlates with genome-wide epigenetic states...
Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation regulates CTCF-dependent chromatin insulationWenqiang Yu
Department of Development and Genetics, Evolution Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 18A, S 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Nat Genet 36:1105-10. 2004..We suggest that poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation imparts chromatin insulator properties to CTCF at both imprinted and nonimprinted loci, which has implications for the regulation of expression domains and their demise in pathological lesions...
Targeting of CTCF to the nucleolus inhibits nucleolar transcription through a poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation-dependent mechanismVerónica Torrano
Grupo de Biología Molecular del Cáncer, Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain
J Cell Sci 119:1746-59. 2006..Notably, the labelling of active transcription sites by in situ run-on assays demonstrated that CTCF inhibits nucleolar transcription through a poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation-dependent mechanism...
Differential regulation of the serotonin transporter gene by lithium is mediated by transcription factors, CCCTC binding protein and Y-box binding protein 1, through the polymorphic intron 2 variable number tandem repeatJulian Roberts
Physiology Laboratory, School of Biomedical Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom
J Neurosci 27:2793-801. 2007....
A CTCF-binding silencer regulates the imprinted genes AWT1 and WT1-AS and exhibits sequential epigenetic defects during Wilms' tumourigenesisAnne L Hancock
Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood, Sargent Research Unit, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, UK
Hum Mol Genet 16:343-54. 2007..We propose a model wherein imprinting defects at chromosome 11p13 may contribute to Wilms' tumourigenesis...
Regulation of the transcription factor, CTCF, by phosphorylation with protein kinase CK2Ayman El-Kady
Genetics Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
FEBS Lett 579:1424-34. 2005..Mutation of the individual serines reveals that Serine 612 is a critical residue in regulation of CTCF by CK2...
CTCF regulates growth and erythroid differentiation of human myeloid leukemia cellsVerónica Torrano
Grupo de Biología Molecular del Cáncer, Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Unidad de Biomedicina CSIC, Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain
J Biol Chem 280:28152-61. 2005..Taken together our results demonstrate that CTCF is involved in the control of myeloid cell growth and differentiation...
Somatically acquired hypomethylation of IGF2 in breast and colorectal cancerYoko Ito
Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, CRUK Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK
Hum Mol Genet 17:2633-43. 2008..These results indicate that IGF2 DMR0 hypomethylation has diagnostic potential for colon cancer rather than value as a surrogate biomarker for constitutive LOI...
