Synergism of Xist RNA, DNA methylation, and histone hypoacetylation in maintaining X chromosome inactivation.

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Published in J Cell Biol on May 14, 2001

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G Csankovszki1, A Nagy, R Jaenisch

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1: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.

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