The Chromosome Which Gels Together Stays Together (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

The Chromosome Which Gels Together Stays Together

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MSL2 and the roX2 RNA, exclusively synthesized from the male X chromosome, form a gel-like glue (green gel) that attaches the MSL complex specifically to the X chromosome in flies.

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shutterstock: Anusorn Nakdee & Holiday.Photo.Top; Montage: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg

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