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RNA and protein actors in X-chromosome inactivation
O Masui et al. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2006.
Abstract
In female mammals, one of the two X chromosomes is converted from the active euchromatic state into inactive heterochromatin during early embryonic development. This process, known as X-chromosome inactivation, results in the transcriptional silencing of over a thousand genes and ensures dosage compensation between the sexes. Here, we discuss the possible mechanisms of action of the Xist transcript, a remarkable noncoding RNA that triggers the X-inactivation process and also seems to participate in setting up the epigenetic marks that provide the cellular memory of the inactive state. So far, no functional protein partners have been identified for Xist RNA, but different lines of evidence suggest that it may act at multiple levels, including nuclear compartmentalization, chromatin modulation, and recruitment of Polycomb group proteins.
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