X chromosome
noun
: a sex chromosome that usually occurs paired in each female cell and single in each male cell in species in which the male typically has two unlike sex chromosomes compare y chromosome
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These new roles came to light from efforts to understand the process of X-inactivation, wherein one of the two X chromosomes carried by females is silenced, all 1,000 or so of its genes (in humans) being turned off.
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Philip Ball, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
The X chromosome contains approximately 900 genes with multiple functions, whereas the Y has approximately 55 genes with only 27 of them being male-specific.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 14 Mar. 2024
This is because almost all cases of Rett syndrome are caused by mutations found on an X chromosome gene called methyl CpG binding protein, or MECP2.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Xist molecules work with those proteins to shut down gene expression in the second X chromosome.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
The inactivated X chromosome makes Xist, which establishes an X-inactivation center on that chromosome.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
To prevent the body from making too many of these proteins, one of the two X chromosomes in females is silenced in a process called X-chromosome inactivation.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
The research states that a type of RNA produced by a woman’s X chromosomes creates proteins that could make the immune system attack itself if genetic predisposition or other factors are present.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
Chang’s team decided to engineer male lab mice to artificially make Xist — without silencing their only X chromosome — and see what happened.
—TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
Philip Ball, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
The X chromosome contains approximately 900 genes with multiple functions, whereas the Y has approximately 55 genes with only 27 of them being male-specific.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 14 Mar. 2024
This is because almost all cases of Rett syndrome are caused by mutations found on an X chromosome gene called methyl CpG binding protein, or MECP2.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Xist molecules work with those proteins to shut down gene expression in the second X chromosome.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
The inactivated X chromosome makes Xist, which establishes an X-inactivation center on that chromosome.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
To prevent the body from making too many of these proteins, one of the two X chromosomes in females is silenced in a process called X-chromosome inactivation.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
The research states that a type of RNA produced by a woman’s X chromosomes creates proteins that could make the immune system attack itself if genetic predisposition or other factors are present.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
Chang’s team decided to engineer male lab mice to artificially make Xist — without silencing their only X chromosome — and see what happened.
—TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
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“X chromosome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/X%20chromosome. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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