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Published on: March 2, 2018
SETting the stage. Eed-Enx1 leaves an epigenetic signature on the inactive X chromosome
Brian P Chadwick1, Huntington F Willard
1Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Abstract:
Despite evidence implicating the Polycomb group protein, Eed (embryonic ectoderm development protein) in imprinted X inactivation, a similar role in random X inactivation in the embryo has remained an open question. Brockdorff and colleagues now report that Eed, along with its binding partner Enx1, transiently associates with the inactive X chromosome (Xi) and likely contributes to the epigenetic signature and long-term stability of the Xi heterochromatin.
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