The B-side of Xist [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Female mammals express the long noncoding X inactivation-specific transcript (Xist) RNA to initiate X chromosome inactivation (XCI) that eventually results in the formation of the Barr body. Xist encompasses half a dozen repeated sequence stretches containing motifs for RNA-binding proteins that rec...
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F1000 Research Ltd
2020-01-01
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Series: | F1000Research |
Online Access: | https://f1000research.com/articles/9-55/v1 |