Michael J. Pikaart

Loss of transcriptional activity of a transgene is accompanied by DNA methylation and histone deacetylation and is prevented by insulators

Michael J. Pikaart, Félix Recillas‐Targa, Gary Felsenfeld · Genes & Development · 1998 · 399 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17

Position-effect protection and enhancer blocking by the chicken β-globin insulator are separable activities

Félix Recillas‐Targa, Michael J. Pikaart, Bonnie Burgess-Beusse et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 380 citations

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16

H2B Ubiquitylation Plays a Role in Nucleosome Dynamics during Transcription Elongation

Alastair B. Fleming, Cheng-Fu Kao, Cory Hillyer et al. · Molecular Cell · 2008 · 358 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology +14

Structural and functional conservation at the boundaries of the chicken β‐globin domain

Noriko Saitoh, Adam C. Bell, Félix Recillas‐Targa et al. · The EMBO Journal · 2000 · 147 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +9

Role of histone acetylation and DNA methylation in the maintenance of the imprinted expression of the <i>H19</i> and <i>Igf2</i> genes

Paolo V. Pedone, Michael J. Pikaart, Flavia Cerrato et al. · FEBS Letters · 1999 · 77 citations · Full text

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17