What does XCI stand for?

X Chromosome Inactivation

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Summation X chromosome inactivation is a fascinating example of epigenetic control in which one of the two essentially identical X chromosomes is inactivated.

X chromosome inactivation: heterogeneity of heterochromatin

Topics include DNA methylation and the mammalian genome, methods for the genome-wide and genome-specific analysis of DNA methylation levels and patterns, histone modifications, histone variants and nucleosome occupancy, molecular mechanisms of polycomb silencing, non-coding RNAs in gene regulation, plant epigenetics using a comparative approach, embryonic stem cell epigenetics, the biology of genomic imprinting, X chromosome inactivation, cancer epigenetics, the role of micro DNAs in human cancer, the impact of the environment on epigenetic regulation of gene expression and developmental programming, and trans-generational epigenetic inheritance.

Epigenetics

RESULTS Clonality Assessment To verify the HUMARA methodology, DNA isolated from a basal cell carcinoma was analyzed and observed to yield a clonal pattern of X chromosome inactivation by comparing tumor DNA before and after HpaII digestion.

Estimation of size of clonal unit for keratinocytes in normal human ...