Dynamics of the two heterochromatin types during imprinted X chromosome inactivation in vole Microtus levis.

In rodent female mammals, there are two forms of X-inactivation - imprinted and random which take place in extraembryonic and embryonic tissues, respectively. The inactive X-chromosome during random X-inactivation was shown to contain two types of facultative heterochromatin that alternate and do no...

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Main Authors: Evgeniya A Vaskova, Elena V Dementyeva, Alexander I Shevchenko, Sophia V Pavlova, Elena V Grigor'eva, Antonina I Zhelezova, John L Vandeberg, Suren M Zakian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24505450/?tool=EBI