Forged by DXZ4, FIRRE, and ICCE: How Tandem Repeats Shape the Active and Inactive X Chromosome

Recent efforts in mapping spatial genome organization have revealed three evocative and conserved structural features of the inactive X in female mammals. First, the chromosomal conformation of the inactive X reveals a loss of topologically associated domains (TADs) present on the active X. Second,...

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Main Authors: Prakhar Bansal, Yuvabharath Kondaveeti, Stefan F. Pinter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcell.2019.00328/full