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XIST
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XIST
(genetics)
The X-linked gene whose RNA transcript mediates X-chromosome inactivation in mammals.


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This technique tricks the male cell, which apparently calculates that it contains more than one X chromosome, into activating the Xist gene and turning off a nearby gene that the researchers had added along with Xist, Jaenisch's group reported in the July 12, 1996 Cell.
A gene that silences the X chromosome by Travis, J. / Science News
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