The A-repeat links ASF/SF2-dependent Xist RNA processing with random choice during X inactivation
Morgan E Royce-Tolland1, Angela A Andersen, Hannah R Koyfman
1Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Abstract:
One X chromosome, selected at random, is silenced in each female mammalian cell. Xist encodes a noncoding RNA that influences the probability that the cis-linked X chromosome will be silenced. We found that the A-repeat, a highly conserved element within Xist, is required for the accumulation of spliced Xist RNA. In addition, the A-repeat is necessary for X-inactivation to occur randomly. In combination, our data suggest that normal Xist RNA processing is important in the regulation of random X-inactivation. We propose that modulation of Xist RNA processing may be part of the stochastic process that determines which X chromosome will be inactivated.
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