Self-assembly and DNA binding of the blocking factor in x chromosome inactivation.
X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the phenomenon occurring in female mammals whereby dosage compensation of X-linked genes is obtained by transcriptional silencing of one of their two X chromosomes, randomly chosen during early embryo development. The earliest steps of random X-inactivation, involv...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-11-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2065890?pdf=render |