X chromosome inactivation: A silence that needs to be broken

Chromatin Connections to Pluripotency and Cellular Reprogramming

(2011) Stuart H. Orkin et al.   CELL

YY1 Tethers Xist RNA to the Inactive X Nucleation Center

(2011) Yesu Jeon et al.   CELL

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

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

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

RNF12 Activates Xist and Is Essential for X Chromosome Inactivation

(2011) Tahsin Stefan Barakat et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

(2010) Jennifer C. Chow et al.   CELL

The Long Noncoding RNA, Jpx, Is a Molecular Switch for X Chromosome Inactivation

(2010) Di Tian et al.   CELL

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

Histone acetylation: Where to go and how to get there

(2010) Vicki E. MacDonald et al.   Epigenetics

X-changing information on X inactivation

(2010) Tahsin Stefan Barakat et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

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

(2010) JongDae Shin et al.   NATURE

Active Chromatin Marks Are Retained on X Chromosomes Lacking Gene or Repeat Silencing Despite XIST/Xist Expression in Somatic Cell Hybrids

(2010) Nancy P. Thorogood et al.   PLoS One

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

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

RNF12 Is an X-Encoded Dose-Dependent Activator of X Chromosome Inactivation

(2009) Iris Jonkers et al.   CELL

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

(2009) Ruben Agrelo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

TERRA: telomeric repeat-containing RNA

(2009) Brian Luke et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Telomeric RNAs Mark Sex Chromosomes in Stem Cells

(2009) L.-F. Zhang et al.   GENETICS

ATRX marks the inactive X chromosome (Xi) in somatic cells and during imprinted X chromosome inactivation in trophoblast stem cells

(2008) Claudia Baumann et al.   CHROMOSOMA

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

(2008) Marnie E Blewitt et al.   NATURE GENETICS