"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "X Chromosome Inactivation" by people in Profiles.
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Chd8 regulates X chromosome inactivation in mouse through fine-tuning control of Xist expression. Commun Biol. 2021 04 15; 4(1):485.
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X-linked recessive VACTERL-H due to a mutation in FANCB in a preterm boy. Clin Dysmorphol. 2016 Apr; 25(2):73-6.
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Novel mutations including deletions of the entire OFD1 gene in 30 families with type 1 orofaciodigital syndrome: a study of the extensive clinical variability. Hum Mutat. 2013 Jan; 34(1):237-47.
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De novo MECP2 duplication in two females with random X-inactivation and moderate mental retardation. Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 May; 19(5):507-12.
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Massive parallel bisulfite sequencing of CG-rich DNA fragments reveals that methylation of many X-chromosomal CpG islands in female blood DNA is incomplete. Hum Mol Genet. 2009 Apr 15; 18(8):1439-48.
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