Advances in understanding chromosome silencing by the long non-coding RNA Xist

RYBP-PRC1 Complexes Mediate H2A Ubiquitylation at Polycomb Target Sites Independently of PRC2 and H3K27me3

(2012) Lígia Tavares et al.   CELL

New and Xisting regulatory mechanisms of X chromosome inactivation

(2012) Yesu Jeon et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

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

(2012) Jennifer Grant et al.   NATURE

YY1 Tethers Xist RNA to the Inactive X Nucleation Center

(2011) Yesu Jeon et al.   CELL

Chromosome silencing mechanisms in X-chromosome inactivation: unknown unknowns

(2011) N. Brockdorff   DEVELOPMENT

Disruption of a conserved region of Xist exon 1 impairs Xist RNA localisation and X-linked gene silencing during random and imprinted X chromosome inactivation

(2011) C. E. Senner et al.   DEVELOPMENT

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

(2011) Y. Hoki et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Lineage-specific function of the noncoding Tsix RNA for Xist repression and Xi reactivation in mice

(2011) T. Ohhata et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

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

(2011) Julie Chaumeil et al.   PLoS One

The Xist RNA A-repeat comprises a novel AUCG tetraloop fold and a platform for multimerization

(2011) M. M. Duszczyk et al.   RNA

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

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

(2010) Di Tian 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

X-changing information on X inactivation

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

Phosphorylation of the PRC2 component Ezh2 is cell cycle-regulated and up-regulates its binding to ncRNA

(2010) S. Kaneko et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Short RNAs Are Transcribed from Repressed Polycomb Target Genes and Interact with Polycomb Repressive Complex-2

(2010) Aditi Kanhere et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Molecular coupling of Tsix regulation and pluripotency

(2010) Pablo Navarro et al.   NATURE

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

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

(2010) Sylvain Maenner et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Iris Jonkers et al.   CELL

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

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

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

(2009) Mary E. Donohoe et al.   NATURE

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

A proximal conserved repeat in the Xist gene is essential as a genomic element for X-inactivation in mouse

(2008) Y. Hoki et al.   DEVELOPMENT

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

(2008) Marnie E Blewitt et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A Dual Origin of the Xist Gene from a Protein-Coding Gene and a Set of Transposable Elements

(2008) Eugeny A. Elisaphenko et al.   PLoS One

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