Histone macroH2A1 is concentrated in the inactive X chromosome of female preimplantation mouse embryos

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				T. P. Rasmussen, M.-A. Mastrangelo, A. Eden, J. R. Pehrson, and R. Jaenisch Dynamic Relocalization of Histone Macroh2a1 from Centrosomes to Inactive X Chromosomes during X Inactivation J. Cell Biol., September 4, 2000; 150(5): 1189 - 1198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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