title: An enigmatic satellite.
abstract: McLaughlin and Chadwick describe an X-linked tandem repeat that is transcribed, conserved and defies X inactivation. Is it selfish, functional or just an oddity?
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK. wa100@hermes.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Amos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000076246:CCCTC-Binding Factor; D006801:Humans; D011323:Primates / Q000235:genetics*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics*; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000076246:CCCTC-Binding Factor; C000619697:CTCF protein, human; D012097:Repressor Proteins