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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Monodelphis domestica
SUBMITTER: Pavel Khil
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-36861 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Grant Jennifer J Mahadevaiah Shantha K SK Khil Pavel P Sangrithi Mahesh N MN Royo Hélène H Duckworth Janine J McCarrey John R JR VandeBerg John L JL Renfree Marilyn B MB Taylor Willie W Elgar Greg G Camerini-Otero R Daniel RD Gilchrist Mike J MJ Turner James M A JM
Nature 20120701 7406
In female (XX) mammals, one of the two X chromosomes is inactivated to ensure an equal dose of X-linked genes with males (XY). X-chromosome inactivation in eutherian mammals is mediated by the non-coding RNA Xist. Xist is not found in metatherians (marsupials), and how X-chromosome inactivation is initiated in these mammals has been the subject of speculation for decades. Using the marsupial Monodelphis domestica, here we identify Rsx (RNA-on-the-silent X), an RNA that has properties consistent ...[more]