How to silence an X chromosome

Jackson B. Trotman () and J. Mauro Calabrese ()

Nature, 2020, vol. 578, issue 7795, 365-366

Abstract: The non-coding RNA Xist has been shown to enlist the SPEN protein to recruit a team of protein complexes — initiating the process that prevents transcription of one of the two X chromosomes found in female mammalian cells.

Keywords: Epigenetics; Non-coding RNAs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-00207-0

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