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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: J Calabrese
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-40667 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Horakova Andrea H AH Calabrese J Mauro JM McLaughlin Christine R CR Tremblay Deanna C DC Magnuson Terry T Chadwick Brian P BP
Genome biology 20120820 8
<h4>Background</h4>The X-linked macrosatellite DXZ4 is a large homogenous tandem repeat that in females adopts an alternative chromatin organization on the primate X chromosome in response to X-chromosome inactivation. It is packaged into heterochromatin on the active X chromosome but into euchromatin and bound by the epigenetic organizer protein CTCF on the inactive X chromosome. Because its DNA sequence diverges rapidly beyond the New World monkeys, the existence of DXZ4 outside the primate li ...[more]