PHF6-mediated transcriptional control of NSC via Ephrin receptors is impaired in the intellectual disability syndrome BFLS

D Rasool, A Burban, A Sharanek, A Madrigal, J Hu… - EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
The plant homeodomain zinc-finger protein, PHF6, is a transcriptional regulator, and PHF6
germline mutations cause the X-linked intellectual disability (XLID) Börjeson-Forssman …

Modeling methyl-sensitive transcription factor motifs with an expanded epigenetic alphabet

C Viner, CA Ishak, J Johnson, NJ Walker, H Shi… - Genome biology, 2024 - Springer
Background Transcription factors bind DNA in specific sequence contexts. In addition to
distinguishing one nucleobase from another, some transcription factors can distinguish …

Uncovering methylation-dependent genetic effects on regulatory element function in diverse genomes

RM Petersen, CM Vockley, AJ Lea - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
A major goal in evolutionary biology and biomedicine is to understand the complex
interactions between genetic variants, the epigenome, and gene expression. However, the …

Application of supervised learning models to compare epigenetic predictors of gene expression across healthy breast cell types

MA Tello Palencia - 2024 - open.library.ubc.ca
Moderate associations have been identified between gene expression and DNA methylation
variability, predicted transcription factor binding sites, and transcription factor expression …