Gene silencing in X-chromosome inactivation: advances in understanding facultative heterochromatin formation

Polycomblike 2 facilitates the recruitment of PRC2 Polycomb group complexes to the inactive X chromosome and to target loci in embryonic stem cells

(2011) M. Casanova et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Incomplete X-inactivation initiated by a hypomorphic Xist allele in the mouse

(2011) Y. Hoki et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Erratum: Eutherian mammals use diverse strategies to initiate X-chromosome inactivation during development

(2011) Ikuhiro Okamoto et al.   NATURE

Regulation of X-chromosome inactivation by the X-inactivation centre

(2011) Sandrine Augui et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

RNF12 Activates Xist and Is Essential for X Chromosome Inactivation

(2011) Tahsin Stefan Barakat et al.   PLoS Genetics

Activity map of the tammar X chromosome shows that marsupial X inactivation is incomplete and escape is stochastic

(2011) Shafagh Al Nadaf et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Mammalian Su(var) Genes in Chromatin Control

(2010) Barna D. Fodor et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Reversibility of functional deficits in experimental models of Rett syndrome

(2010) Stuart Cobb et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Derivation of Pre-X Inactivation Human Embryonic Stem Cells under Physiological Oxygen Concentrations

(2010) Christopher J. Lengner et al.   CELL

LINE-1 Activity in Facultative Heterochromatin Formation during X Chromosome Inactivation

(2010) Jennifer C. Chow et al.   CELL

A Large Intergenic Noncoding RNA Induced by p53 Mediates Global Gene Repression in the p53 Response

(2010) Maite Huarte et al.   CELL

Histone H3 trimethylation at lysine 9 marks the inactive metaphase X chromosome in the marsupial Monodelphis domestica

(2010) Irina S. Zakharova et al.   CHROMOSOMA

The Trithorax group protein Ash2l and Saf-A are recruited to the inactive X chromosome at the onset of stable X inactivation

(2010) D. Pullirsch et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The Matrix Protein hnRNP U Is Required for Chromosomal Localization of Xist RNA

(2010) Yuko Hasegawa et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Polycomb complexes act redundantly to repress genomic repeats and genes

(2010) M. Leeb et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Genome-Wide Distribution of MacroH2A1 Histone Variants in Mouse Liver Chromatin

(2010) L. N. Changolkar et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Molecular coupling of Tsix regulation and pluripotency

(2010) Pablo Navarro et al.   NATURE

Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into epiblast stem cells

(2010) Dong Wook Han et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The A-repeat links ASF/SF2-dependent Xist RNA processing with random choice during X inactivation

(2010) Morgan E Royce-Tolland et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Epigenetic modifications on X chromosomes in marsupial and monotreme mammals and implications for evolution of dosage compensation

(2010) Willem Rens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Locked nucleic acids (LNAs) reveal sequence requirements and kinetics of Xist RNA localization to the X chromosome

(2010) K. Sarma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impeding Xist Expression from the Active X Chromosome Improves Mouse Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer

(2010) K. Inoue et al.   SCIENCE

Chromosome Territories

(2010) T. Cremer et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Efficiency of Xist-mediated silencing on autosomes is linked to chromosomal domain organisation

(2010) Y Amy Tang et al.   Epigenetics & Chromatin

2-D Structure of the A Region of Xist RNA and Its Implication for PRC2 Association

(2010) Sylvain Maenner et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Global Regulator SATB1 Recruits β-Catenin and Regulates TH2 Differentiation in Wnt-Dependent Manner

(2010) Dimple Notani et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

X Chromosome Inactivation Is Initiated in Human Preimplantation Embryos

(2009) Ilse M. van den Berg et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Specific patterns of histone marks accompany X chromosome inactivation in a marsupial

(2009) Edda Koina et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Key Features of the X Inactivation Process Are Conserved between Marsupials and Eutherians

(2009) Shantha K. Mahadevaiah et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The long noncoding RNA Kcnq1ot1 organises a lineage-specific nuclear domain for epigenetic gene silencing

(2009) L. Redrup et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Klf4 reverts developmentally programmed restriction of ground state pluripotency

(2009) G. Guo et al.   DEVELOPMENT

SATB1 Defines the Developmental Context for Gene Silencing by Xist in Lymphoma and Embryonic Cells

(2009) Ruben Agrelo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

High-resolution analysis of epigenetic changes associated with X inactivation

(2009) H. Marks et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Inactive X chromosome-specific reduction in placental DNA methylation

(2009) Allison M. Cotton et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

AURKB-mediated effects on chromatin regulate binding versus release of XIST RNA to the inactive chromosome

(2009) Lisa L. Hall et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

The pluripotency factor Oct4 interacts with Ctcf and also controls X-chromosome pairing and counting

(2009) Mary E. Donohoe et al.   NATURE

Many human large intergenic noncoding RNAs associate with chromatin-modifying complexes and affect gene expression

(2009) Ahmad M. Khalil et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Epigenetics of rRNA Genes: From Molecular to Chromosome Biology

(2008) Brian McStay et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Rex1/Zfp42 is dispensable for pluripotency in mouse ES cells

(2008) Shinji Masui et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Polycomb Group Proteins Ezh2 and Rnf2 Direct Genomic Contraction and Imprinted Repression in Early Mouse Embryos

(2008) Rémi Terranova et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Xist RNA Is Confined to the Nuclear Territory of the Silenced X Chromosome throughout the Cell Cycle

(2008) I. Jonkers et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Weak but Uniform Enrichment of the Histone Variant macroH2A1 along the Inactive X Chromosome

(2008) F. Mietton et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

macroH2A1-Dependent Silencing of Endogenous Murine Leukemia Viruses

(2008) L. N. Changolkar et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Kcnq1ot1 Antisense Noncoding RNA Mediates Lineage-Specific Transcriptional Silencing through Chromatin-Level Regulation

(2008) Radha Raman Pandey et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

A structural-maintenance-of-chromosomes hinge domain–containing protein is required for RNA-directed DNA methylation

(2008) Tatsuo Kanno et al.   NATURE GENETICS

SmcHD1, containing a structural-maintenance-of-chromosomes hinge domain, has a critical role in X inactivation

(2008) Marnie E Blewitt et al.   NATURE GENETICS

X Chromosome Activity in Mouse XX Primordial Germ Cells

(2008) Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes et al.   PLoS Genetics

Escape from X chromosome inactivation is an intrinsic property of the Jarid1c locus

(2008) N. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Coupling of Xist Regulation and Pluripotency

(2008) P. Navarro et al.   SCIENCE

Polycomb Proteins Targeted by a Short Repeat RNA to the Mouse X Chromosome

(2008) J. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE