Clustered CTCF binding is an evolutionary mechanism to maintain topologically associating domains
Kentepozidou E, Aitken S, Feig C, Stefflova K, Ibarra-Soria X, Odom D, Roller M, Flicek P. Clustered CTCF binding is an evolutionary mechanism to maintain topologically associating domains. Genome Biology 2020, 21: 5. PMID: 31910870, PMCID: PMC6945661, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1894-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCCCTC-Binding FactorChromatinChromatin Immunoprecipitation SequencingEvolution, MolecularGenomeMiceConceptsTopologically associating domains boundariesTopologically associating domainsCTCF sitesCTCF bindingConservation of topologically associating domainsGenome-wide binding profilesHigher-order chromatin structureCTCF binding patternsCTCF ChIP-seqGene transcription start siteHigher-order genome structureCTCF binding sitesNatural genetic variationTranscription start siteSpecies-specific sitesCohesin stabilizationTAD boundariesChIP-seqGenomic structureStart siteChromatin structureTranscriptional regulationCTCFAssociation domainGenetic variation