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ArticleNucleus (Austin, Tex.)2021

Stochastic gene expression and chromosome interactions in protecting the human active X from silencing by

Barbara R Migeon

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Article in Nucleus (Austin, Tex.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Long-read sequencing reveals extensivebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Gene regulation in time and space during X-chromosome inactivation.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2022
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Barbara R MigeonDepartments of Genetic Medicine and Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2932-5226

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammals use X chromosome inactivation to compensate for the sex difference in numbers of X chromosomes. A relatively unexplored question is how the active X is protected from inactivation by its own XIST gene, the long non-coding RNA, which initiates silence of the inactive X.  Previous studies of autosomal duplications show that human chromosome 19 plays a critical role in protecting the active X. I proposed that it genetically interacts with the X chromosome to repress XIST function on the future active X.  Here, I show that the type of  chromosome 19 duplication influences the outcome of the interaction: the presence of three chromosome 19s is tolerated whereas duplications affecting only one chromosome 19 are not. The different outcomes have mechanistic implications for how chromosome 19 interacts with the future active X, pointing to a role for stochastic gene expression and possibly physical interaction.

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Gene SilencingRNA, Long NoncodingAnimalsFemaleGene ExpressionHumansMaleX ChromosomeX Chromosome InactivationRNA, Long NoncodingXIST non-coding RNA19p trisomies3-D nuclear interactionsprotecting the active X from XIST silencingstochastic gene expressionX/autosome interactionsX chromosome inactivation

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PMID33211621
PMCPMC7833733

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