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Dynamics of gene silencing during X inactivation using allele-specific RNA-seq.
Genome biology - 3 Aug 2015
Marks Hendrik, Kerstens Hindrik H D, Barakat Tahsin Stefan, Splinter Erik, Dirks René A M, van Mierlo Guido, Joshi Onkar, Wang Shuang-Yin, Babak Tomas, Albers Cornelis A, Kalkan Tüzer, Smith Austin, Jouneau Alice, de Laat Wouter, Gribnau Joost, Stunnenberg Hendrik G
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BACKGROUND: During early embryonic development, one of the two X chromosomes in mammalian female cells is inactivated to compensate for a potential imbalance in transcript levels with male cells, which contain a single X chromosome. Here, we use mouse female embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with non-random X chromosome inactivation (XCI) and polymorphic X chromosomes to study the dynamics of gene silencing over the...
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