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In vivo ultraviolet and dimethyl sulfate footprinting of the 5' region of the expressed and silent Xist alleles.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Apr 1997
Komura J i, Sheardown S A, Brockdorff N, Singer-Sam J, Riggs A D
Abstract excerpt
The Xist (X inactive specific transcript) gene plays an essential role in X chromosome inactivation. To elucidate the mechanisms controlling Xist expression and X inactivation, we examined in vivo DNA-protein interactions in the Xist promoter region in a female mouse cell line (BMSL2), which has distinguishable Xist alleles. In vivo footprinting was accomplished by treatment of cells with dimethyl sulfate or...
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