XIST非コーディングRNAは,Xの無活性化においてBRCA1とは独立して機能する
Cuiying Xiao1, Judith A Sharp, Misako Kawahara
1Genetics of Development and Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 10/9N105, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Cell
|March 14, 2007
まとめ
BRCA1変異は,がんのリスクを増やす. しかし,この研究では,BRCA1が不活性X染色体上のXISTRNAの局所化または遺伝子発現を調節しないことが判明し,以前のモデルに挑戦しました.
科学分野:
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- エピジェネティクス エピジェネティクス
- がん生物学 がん生物学
背景:
- BRCA1の生殖系統変異は,遺伝性乳がんや卵巣がんと関連しています.
- 以前の研究によると,BRCA1は,XIST RNAの局所化と,不活性X染色体 (Xi) の選択性ヘテロクロマチン形成に不可欠である.
- あるモデルは,BRCA1の喪失がXISTRNAの破壊を介してXi遺伝子の再活性化につながる可能性があると提案した.
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