Miniature Fly X Chromosomes in Mice (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

Miniature Fly X Chromosomes in Mice

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The Akhtar lab could recreate mini fly X chromosomes by supplementing mouse cells with fly MSL2 and roX RNA. These appeared as foci (right panel), which bear similarity to the MSL complex-covered X-chromosome territories seen under native conditions in male flies (left panel).

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MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Keller-Valsecchi et al.

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