Alexander A. Vostrov

BORIS, a novel male germ-line-specific protein associated with epigenetic reprogramming events, shares the same 11-zinc-finger domain with CTCF, the insulator protein involved in reading imprinting marks in the soma

Dmitri Loukinov, Elena M. Pugacheva, Sergei Vatolin et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 388 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17

The Zinc Finger Protein CTCF Binds to the APBβ Domain of the Amyloid β-Protein Precursor Promoter

Alexander A. Vostrov, Wolfgang Quitschke · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1997 · 193 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17

The Binding Sites for the Chromatin Insulator Protein CTCF Map to DNA Methylation-Free Domains Genome-Wide

Rituparna Mukhopadhyay, Wenqiang Yu, Joanne Whitehead et al. · Genome Research · 2004 · 130 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17

Coordinated Activation of Candidate Proto-Oncogenes and Cancer Testes Antigens via Promoter Demethylation in Head and Neck Cancer and Lung Cancer

Ian M. Smith, Chad A. Glazer, Suhail K. Mithani et al. · PLoS ONE · 2009 · 110 citations · Full text

Medicine, Molecular Biology, Oncology +17

Familial cases of point mutations in the XIST promoter reveal a correlation between CTCF binding and pre-emptive choices of X chromosome inactivation

Elena M. Pugacheva, Vijay Tiwari, Ziedulla Abdullaev et al. · Human Molecular Genetics · 2005 · 107 citations · Full text

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17