| Literature DB >> 6514579 |
S F Wolf, S Dintzis, D Toniolo, G Persico, K D Lunnen, J Axelman, B R Migeon.
Abstract
To explore the molecular basis of X chromosome inactivation, we have examined the human locus for glucose-6-phosphate dehydro-genase (G6PD) in various human tissues. Studies of DNA from males and females and from somatic cell hybrids with active or inactive X chromosomes, show that two remarkably dense clusters of CpG dinucleotides in the 3' coding sequences are hypomethylated in active G6PD genes but extensively methylated in inactive ones. Reacquisition of G6PD activity, either spontaneous or induced by 5-azacytidine, is accompanied by demethylation of both clusters; however, the clusters remain methylated in reactivants that express HPRT but not G6PD. Our observations implicate these 3' CpG clusters in the transcription of G6PD and in maintenance of dosage compensation for X linked housekeeping genes.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID： 6514579 PMCID： PMC320465 DOI： 10.1093/nar/12.24.9333
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucleic Acids Res ISSN： 0305-1048 Impact factor: 16.971