Histone variant macroH2A contains two distinct macrochromatin domains capable of directing macroH2A to the inactive X chromosome.

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Published in Nucleic Acids Res on July 01, 2001

Authors

B P Chadwick1, C M Valley, H F Willard

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Center for Human Genetics and Research Institute, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4955, USA.

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