Species-specific differences in X chromosome inactivation in mammals

XACT, a long noncoding transcript coating the active X chromosome in human pluripotent cells

(2013) Céline Vallot et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Human inactive X chromosome is compacted through a PRC2-independent SMCHD1-HBiX1 pathway

(2013) Ryu-Suke Nozawa et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

X-chromosome inactivation in monkey embryos and pluripotent stem cells

(2012) Masahito Tachibana et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Rsx is a metatherian RNA with Xist-like properties in X-chromosome inactivation

(2012) Jennifer Grant et al.   NATURE

Transcription precedes loss of Xist coating and depletion of H3K27me3 during X-chromosome reprogramming in the mouse inner cell mass

(2011) L. H. Williams et al.   DEVELOPMENT

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

(2011) Ikuhiro Okamoto et al.   NATURE

Evolution from XIST-Independent to XIST-Controlled X-Chromosome Inactivation: Epigenetic Modifications in Distantly Related Mammals

(2011) Julie Chaumeil et al.   PLoS One

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

(2010) Irina S. Zakharova et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Replication timing-related and gene body-specific methylation of active human genes

(2010) Dvir Aran et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Maternal Rnf12/RLIM is required for imprinted X-chromosome inactivation in mice

(2010) JongDae Shin et al.   NATURE

Random X Inactivation and Extensive Mosaicism in Human Placenta Revealed by Analysis of Allele-Specific Gene Expression along the X Chromosome

(2010) Joana Carvalho Moreira de Mello et al.   PLoS One

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

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

(2010) K. Inoue et al.   SCIENCE

X Chromosome Inactivation Is Initiated in Human Preimplantation Embryos

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

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

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

Mosaic heterochromatin of the inactive X chromosome in vole Microtus rossiaemeridionalis

(2009) Alexander I. Shevchenko et al.   MAMMALIAN GENOME

Targeted and genome-scale strategies reveal gene-body methylation signatures in human cells

(2009) Madeleine P Ball et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2008) Marnie E Blewitt et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The Status of Dosage Compensation in the Multiple X Chromosomes of the Platypus

(2008) Janine E. Deakin et al.   PLoS Genetics