The Relationship between Skewed X-chromosome Inactivation and Neurological Disorders Development
X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is a process by which one of the copies of the X chromosome in mammalian female cells is inactivated. The XCI causes a balanced X-linked gene quantity between male and females; moreover, it results mosaic females which have paternal active X in some cells and maternal...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2016-04-01
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Series: | International Clinical Neuroscience Journal |
Online Access: | http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/Neuroscience/article/download/13542/2 |