Cooperation between a hierarchical set of recruitment sites targets the X chromosome for dosage compensation

In many organisms, it remains unclear how X chromosomes are specified for dosage compensation, since DNA sequence motifs shown to be important for dosage compensation complex (DCC) recruitment are themselves not X-specific. Here, we addressed this problem in C. elegans. We found that the DCC recruit...

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Main Authors: Sarah Elizabeth Albritton, Anna-Lena Kranz, Lara Heermans Winterkorn, Lena Annika Street, Sevinc Ercan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/23645