• The male germ cell gene regulator CTCFL is functionally different from CTCF and binds CTCF-like consensus sites in a nucleosome composition-dependent manner 

      Sleutels, Frank; Soochit, Widia; Bartkuhn, Marek; Heath, Helen; Dienstbach, Sven; Bergmaier, Philipp; Franke, Vedran; Rosa-Garrido, Manuel; van de Nobelen, Suzanne; Caesar, Lisa; van der Reijden, Michael I.J.A.; Bryne, Jan Christian; van Ijcken, Wilfred F.J.; Grootegoed, J. Anton; Delgado, M. Dolores; Lenhard, Boris; Renkawitz, Rainer; Grosveld, Frank; Galjart, Niels (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-18)
      Background: CTCF is a highly conserved and essential zinc finger protein expressed in virtually all cell types. In conjunction with cohesin, it organizes chromatin into loops, thereby regulating gene expression and epigenetic ...