2020年2月6日,德國海德堡歐洲分子生物學實驗室(EMBL)Edith Heard研究組在Nature發文題為SPEN integrates transcriptional and epigenetic control of X-inactivation,發現SPEN對于胚胎植入前的小鼠胚胎以及胚胎干細胞中X染色體中基因沉默起始非常關鍵,揭開了SPEN調控X染色體失活的具體分子機制。
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