Article
Random X inactivation in a girl with a balanced t(X;9) and an abnormal phenotype.
American journal of medical genetics - 5 Jun 1998
Wolff D J, Schwartz S, Montgomery T, Zackowski J L
Abstract excerpt
X inactivation is the process by which mammalian females achieve dosage compensation by transcriptionally silencing one X chromosome. In chromosomally normal females, this process is random. However, most females with one abnormal X chromosome demonstrate complete skewing of X inactivation, presu...
Topics
- Child
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9
- Dosage Compensation, Genetic
- Female
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Male
- Phenotype
- Translocation, Genetic
- X Chromosome
