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FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE-LANDMARK
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages 852-866Publisher
FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.2741/1842
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dosage compensation; X chromosome; DNA methylation; XIST; review
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Mammalian X-chromosome inactivation is an impressive example of epigenetic gene regulation, whereby the majority of genes on the similar to 160 Mb X chromosome are silenced in a strictly cis-limited fashion. In this review we will discuss the important players involved in the silencing process. The process is initiated by transcription and cis-localization of the non-coding XIST RNA, which then recruits many of the epigenetic features generally associated with heterochromatin, including histone modifications, histone variants and DNA methylation.
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