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Jpx (gene)

In molecular biology, JPX transcript, XIST activator (non-protein coding), also known as Jpx, is a long non-coding RNA. In humans, it is located on the X chromosome. It was identified during sequence analysis of the X inactivation centre, surrounding the Xist gene.[1] Jpx upregulates expression of Xist.[2]

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References

  1. Chureau C, Prissette M, Bourdet A, Barbe V, Cattolico L, Jones L, et al. (2002). “Comparative sequence analysis of the X-inactivation center region in mouse, human, and bovine”. Genome Res. 12 (6): 894–908. doi:10.1101/gr.152902. PMC 1383731. PMID 12045143.
  2. Tian D, Sun S, Lee JT (2010). “The long noncoding RNA, Jpx, is a molecular switch for X chromosome inactivation”. Cell. 143 (3): 390–403. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.09.049. PMC 2994261. PMID 21029862.
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