RNF8 regulates active epigenetic modifications and escape gene activation from inactive sex chromosomes in post-meiotic spermatids
Ho-Su Sin;Artem Barski;Fan Zhang;Andrey V Kartashov;Andre Nussenzweig;Junjie Chen;Paul R Andreassen;Satoshi H Namekawa;
genes & development1970Vol. 26pp. 2737-
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Abstract
Sex chromosomes undergo chromosome-wide silencing during male meiosis. In spermatids, some genes with roles in male reproduction evade such silencing in a process known as “escape gene expression.” Namekawa and colleagues provide the first insight ...