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Cellular resolution maps of X chromosome inactivation: implications for neural development, function, and disease.
Neuron - 8 Jan 2014
Wu Hao, Luo Junjie, Yu Huimin, Rattner Amir, Mo Alisa, Wang Yanshu, Smallwood Philip M, Erlanger Bracha, Wheelan Sarah J, Nathans Jeremy
Abstract excerpt
Female eutherian mammals use X chromosome inactivation (XCI) to epigenetically regulate gene expression from ∼4% of the genome. To quantitatively map the topography of XCI for defined cell types at single cell resolution, we have generated female mice that carry X-linked, Cre-activated, and nuclear-localized fluorescent reporters--GFP on one X chromosome and tdTomato on the other. Using these reporters in...
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