Landscape of X chromosome inactivation across human tissues
X chromosome inactivation (XCI) silences transcription from one of the two X chromosomes in female mammalian cells to balance expression dosage between XX females and XY males. XCI is, however, incomplete in humans: up to one-third of X-chromosomal genes are expressed from both the active and inacti...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2017
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