ATR-X syndrome protein targets tandem repeats and influences allele-specific expression in a size-dependent manner

• Main Authors: Martin J. Law, Karen M. Lower, Hsiao P.J. Voon, Jim R. Hughes, David Garrick, Vip Viprakasit, Matthew Mitson, Marco De Gobbi, Marco Marra, Andrew Morris, Aaron Abbott, Steven P. Wilder, Stephen Taylor, Guilherme M. Santos, Joe Cross, Helena Ayyub, Steven Jones, Jiannis Ragoussis, Daniela Rhodes, Ian Dunham, Douglas R. Higgs, Richard J. Gibbons
• Other Authors: John Radcliffe Hospital
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/28613
• Institution: Mahidol University

ATRX is an X-linked gene of the SWI/SNF family, mutations in which cause syndromal mental retardation and downregulation of α-globin expression. Here we show that ATRX binds to tandem repeat (TR) sequences in both telomeres and euchromatin. Genes associated with these TRs can be dysregulated when AT...