X-chromosome inactivation: molecular mechanisms from the human perspective

Escape from X inactivation in mice and humans

(2012) Joel B Berletch et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

RNF12 Activates Xist and Is Essential for X Chromosome Inactivation

(2011) Tahsin Stefan Barakat et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mortality and incidence in women with 47,XXX and variants

(2010) Kirstine Stochholm et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A

Transcriptional changes in response to X chromosome dosage in the mouse: implications for X inactivation and the molecular basis of Turner Syndrome

(2010) Alexandra M Lopes et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Female-biased expression of long non-coding RNAs in domains that escape X-inactivation in mouse

(2010) Björn Reinius et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Identification of regulatory elements flanking human XIST reveals species differences

(2010) Samuel C Chang et al.   BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

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

(2010) Di Tian et al.   CELL

Female Human iPSCs Retain an Inactive X Chromosome

(2010) Jason Tchieu et al.   Cell Stem Cell

MAOA and GYG2 are submitted to X chromosome inactivation in human fibroblasts

(2010) Raquel Stabellini et al.   Epigenetics

Global survey of escape from X inactivation by RNA-sequencing in mouse

(2010) F. Yang et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Ftx is a non-coding RNA which affects Xist expression and chromatin structure within the X-inactivation center region

(2010) Corinne Chureau et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

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

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

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

(2010) JongDae Shin et al.   NATURE

RNA sequencing shows no dosage compensation of the active X-chromosome

(2010) Yuanyan Xiong et al.   NATURE GENETICS

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

Variations of X Chromosome Inactivation Occur in Early Passages of Female Human Embryonic Stem Cells

(2010) Tamar Dvash et al.   PLoS One

X chromosome-wide analyses of genomic DNA methylation states and gene expression in male and female neutrophils

(2010) Yukio Yasukochi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A General Mechanism for Network-Dosage Compensation in Gene Circuits

(2010) M. Acar 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

Getting to the center of X-chromosome inactivation: the role of transgenesThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled 30th Annual International Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosomes Conference, and has undergone the Journal’s usual peer review process.

(2009) Jakub Minks et al.   Biochemistry and Cell Biology

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

(2009) Iris Jonkers et al.   CELL

X inactivation and the complexities of silencing a sex chromosome

(2009) Jennifer Chow et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Mary E. Donohoe et al.   NATURE

Inactive X chromosome-specific histone H3 modifications and CpG hypomethylation flank a chromatin boundary between an X-inactivated and an escape gene

(2009) Yuji Goto et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Defining Molecular Cornerstones during Fibroblast to iPS Cell Reprogramming in Mouse

(2008) Matthias Stadtfeld et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Molecular and cytogenetic analysis of the spreading of X inactivation in a girl with microcephaly, mild dysmorphic features and t(X;5)(q22.1;q31.1)

(2008) Roberto Giorda et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

RNA-seq: An assessment of technical reproducibility and comparison with gene expression arrays

(2008) J. C. Marioni et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

X-inactivation reveals epigenetic anomalies in most hESC but identifies sublines that initiate as expected

(2008) Lisa L. Hall et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

RNA-Seq: a revolutionary tool for transcriptomics

(2008) Zhong Wang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Large-Scale Population Study of Human Cell Lines Indicates that Dosage Compensation Is Virtually Complete

(2008) Colette M. Johnston et al.   PLoS Genetics

Extreme Clonality in Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines with Implications for Allele Specific Expression Analyses

(2008) Vincent Plagnol et al.   PLoS One

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

X-chromosome inactivation and epigenetic fluidity in human embryonic stem cells

(2008) S. S. Silva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

X-inactivation in female human embryonic stem cells is in a nonrandom pattern and prone to epigenetic alterations

(2008) Y. Shen 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