X Chromosome Inactivation
"X Chromosome Inactivation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dosage compensation process occurring at an early embryonic stage in mammalian development whereby, at random, one X CHROMOSOME of the pair is repressed in the somatic cells of females.
| Descriptor ID |
D049951
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.308.203.249.970
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| Concept/Terms |
X Chromosome Inactivation- X Chromosome Inactivation
- Chromosome Inactivation, X
- Inactivation, X Chromosome
- Lyonization
- X-Inactivation
- X Inactivation
- Inactivation, X
- X Inactivations
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "X Chromosome Inactivation" by people in Profiles.
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Astroblastomas exhibit radial glia stem cell lineages and differential expression of imprinted and X-inactivation escape genes. Nat Commun. 2022 04 19; 13(1):2083.
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Neural mechanisms of genetic risk for impulsivity and violence in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 18; 103(16):6269-74.