Scientists untangle Barr body of inactive X chromosome
Thursday, July 21, 2016 - 10:32
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at UMass Medical School, the Institut Curie in Paris and Stanford University, have taken a detailed look inside the small, densely packed structure of the inactive X chromosome found in female mammals called the Barr body and developed a model system that may be an important tool for understanding chromosome structure and gene expression.