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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Main Authors: Mario Nicodemi, Antonella Prisco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-11-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2065890?pdf=render