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The number of electrons in a neutral atom is equal to the number of protons.

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology #Structure of atoms #Part B Pointers
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Regardless of how many X chromosomes are present, all but one will be inactivated. 
In normal females there are of course two X chromosomes, but in rare cases where nondisjunction has generated a 3X or greater genotype, only one X chromosome remains active
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Xic is a cis-acting locus that contains the information necessary to count X chromosomes and inactivate all copies but one. Inactivation spreads from Xic along the entire X chromosome.
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Xic is a complex genetic locus that expresses several long noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs). The most important of these is a gene called Xist (X  (X inactive specific transcript), which is stably expressed only on the inactive X chromosome.
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The Xist transcript is regulated in a negative manner by Tsix, its antisense partner.
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

To modify DNA at a new position requires the action of a de novo methyltransferase, which recognizes DNA by virtue of a specific sequence. It acts only on unmethylated DNA to add a methyl group to one strand.
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

There are two de novo methyltransferases (Dnmt3A and Dnmt3B) in the mouse; they have different target sites, and both are essential for development.