Genomic properties of variably methylated retrotransposons in mouse.
Jessica L ElmerAmir D HayNoah J KesslerTessa M BertozziEve A C AinscoughAnne C Ferguson-SmithPublished in: Mobile DNA (2021)
Our findings indicate that a recently evolved interplay between genetic sequence, CTCF binding, and DNA methylation at young TEs can result in inter-individual variability in transcriptional outcomes with implications for phenotypic variation.