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Abstract
One of the two X chromosomes in cells of female mammals is transcriptionally silenced in a process known as X chromosome inactivation (XCI). Initiation of XCI is regulated by the ubiquitin ligase Rnf12/RLIM, but the mechanisms by which Rnf12/RLIM mediates this process has been a mystery. A recent study by Gontan et al. shows that Rnf12/RLIM targets REX1, an inhibitor of XCI, for proteasomal degradation, providing an answer to this question.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22785560 PMCID: PMC3494387 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2012.98
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Res ISSN: 1001-0602 Impact factor: 25.617