A Primary Role for the Tsix lncRNA in Maintaining Random X-Chromosome Inactivation

Differentiating pluripotent epiblast cells in eutherians undergo random X-inactivation, which equalizes X-linked gene expression between the sexes by silencing one of the two X-chromosomes in females. Tsix RNA is believed to orchestrate the initiation of X-inactivation, influencing the choice of whi...

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Main Authors: Srimonta Gayen, Emily Maclary, Emily Buttigieg, Michael Hinten, Sundeep Kalantry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124715004404