
Clouds: X chromosome activity at various levels
Female human embryonic stem cells that resemble the young human epiblast (embryo proper), which is yet to silence one of its two X chromosomes. The active X chromosomes can be identified by expression from a single locus such as X-linked lncRNA XACT (green) or at a global level by the cloud of transcription (red) coming from the X.
As part of this program, we received the visit of Rob KULATHINAL, associate professor at Temple University, USA, from January to June 2020. He joined the team of Virginie COURTIER-ORGOGOZO, at the Jacques Monod Institute, to participate in the project: “The genomic architecture of sexual differences in early development”.
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