Unmasking a role for sex chromosomes in gene silencing

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作者
Maatouk, Danielle M. [1 ]
Capel, Blanche [1 ]
机构
[1] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Cell Biol, Durham, NC 27710 USA
关键词
BRAIN; EXPRESSION; NEURONS; MODEL; SRY;
D O I
10.1186/gb-2010-11-9-134
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Several sexually dimorphic phenotypes correlate with sex-chromosome dosage rather than with phenotypic sex. New research suggests that sex chromosome dimorphism helps to regulate gene silencing.
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