We present results from Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray observations of NGC 4214 , a nearby dwarf starburst galaxy containing several young regions of very active star-formation .
Starburst regions are known to be associated with diffuse X-ray emission , and in this case the X-ray emission from the galaxy shows an interesting morphological structure within the galaxy , clearly associated with the central regions of active star-formation .
Of the two main regions of star formation in this galaxy , X-ray emission associated with the older is identified whereas little is detected from the younger , providing an insight into the evolutionary process of the formation of superbubbles around young stellar clusters .
The spectra of the diffuse emission from the galaxy can be fitted with a two temperature component thermal model with kT = 0.14 keV and 0.52 keV , and analysis of this emission suggests that NGC 4214 will suffer a blow-out in the future .

The point source population of the galaxy has an X-ray luminosity function with a slope of -0.76 .
This result , together with those for other dwarf starburst galaxies ( NGC 4449 and NGC 5253 ) , was added to a sample of luminosity functions for spiral and starburst galaxies .
The slope of the luminosity function of dwarf starbursts is seen to be similar to that of their larger counterparts and clearly flatter than those seen in spirals .
Further comparisons between the luminosity functions of starbursts and spiral galaxies are also made .