X不活性化のメカニズムとして,規制要素のサイト固有の静音化

J Mauro Calabrese1, Wei Sun, Lingyun Song

  • 1Department of Genetics, the Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

Cell
|November 27, 2012
PubMed
まとめ

不活性X染色体 (Xi) の遺伝子静止は,広範囲の染色体全体の変化ではなく,特定の規制要素によって支配されます. この研究は,Xi転写開始部位において,遺伝子発現とクロマチンの状態に影響を及ぼす,独特の表遺伝子シグネチャを明らかにしている.

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