Talk:XIST

Latest comment: 7 years ago by Acerase in topic Ciao

Merge

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This article and Xist are clearly describing the same entity and need to be merged. It isn't completely clear which page should take precedence as they have had a similar amount of effort applied to them. My preference would be to keep this one as the article name is clearer. Any thoughts? Alexbateman (talk) 12:24, 4 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

I agree, I will be working on this page for the XIST (gene). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.207.253.200 (talk) 05:59, 16 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

I forgot to say on this page that I have now carried out the merge. Alexbateman (talk) 08:23, 18 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Basic questions

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Okay, so this article is rather to densely written for me. I have some questions.

  • How is XIST expressed on an inactivated X chromosome? (Isn't lack of expression the definition of inactive?)
  • When is it expressed, in early development or throughout the life of the cell?
  • Does XIST play a role in how is it decided which X is deactivated?
  • How does XIST behave in people who are 47,XXY?
  • Are there any known homologs of XIST in non-mammalian taxa? (Birds, for instance have a ZW sex-determination system in which it is the males who have two identical sex chromosomes.)
Thanks, Abductive (reasoning) 18:13, 17 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

Ciao

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Hi,

I can help with some of these question s if needed.

Cheers, Andrea Acerase (talk) 08:13, 3 February 2017 (UTC)Reply