| Literature DB >> 26786668 |
Qingyan Lv1, Lin Yuan1, Yuning Song1, Tingting Sui1, Zhanjun Li1, Liangxue Lai1.
Abstract
XIST is a long non-coding RNA, which expressed exclusively from the inactive X chromosome. Although it has been revealed that the A-repeat contributes to the X chromosome inactivation (X-inactivation), the role of the longest D-repeat has not yet been investigated. Here, a sgRNA directed CRISPR/Cas9 system which have multiple target sites within repeat D of XIST, were used to generate D-repeat deletion and studied its roles on X-inactivation. The results showed that the deletion of D-repeat caused a significantly decreased expression of XIST, and up regulated expression of X-linked genes, suggesting that the D-repeat may play an important role in the regulation of XIST expression and silencing of the X-linked genes, which could provide a new idea in the molecular mechanisms of X-inactivation.Entities:
Keywords: CRISPR/Cas9; D-repeat; XIST; X-inactivation; long non-coding RNA
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26786668 PMCID: PMC4829313 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1137420
Source DB: PubMed Journal: RNA Biol ISSN: 1547-6286 Impact factor: 4.652