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The search for the mouse X-chromosome inactivation centre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

S. Rastan and
S. D. M. Brown
S. Rastan*
Affiliation:
Section of Comparative Biology, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK
S. D. M. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London W2 1PG, UK
*
‡ Corresponding author.
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The phenomenon of X-chromosome inactivation in female mammals, whereby one of the two X chromosome present in each cell of the female embryo is inactivated early in development, was first described by Mary Lyon in 1961. Nearly 30 years later, the mechanism of X-chromosome inactivation remains unknown. Strong evidence has accumulated over the years, however, for the involvement of a major switch or inactivation centre on the mouse X chromosome. Identification of the inactivation centre at the molecular level would be an important step in understanding the mechanism of X-inactivation. In this paper we review the evidence for the existence and location of the X-inactivation centre on the mouse X-chromosome, present data on the molecular genetic mapping of this region, and describe ongoing strategies we are using to attempt to identify the inactivation centre at the molecular level.

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Genetics Research , Volume 56 , Issue 2-3 , October 1990, pp. 99 - 106
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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