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- Title
Transcriptional control of a whole chromosome: emerging models for dosage compensation.
- Authors
Ferrari, Francesco; Alekseyenko, Artyom A; Park, Peter J; Kuroda, Mitzi I
- Abstract
Males and females of many animal species differ in their sex-chromosome karyotype, and this creates imbalances between X-chromosome and autosomal gene products that require compensation. Although distinct molecular mechanisms have evolved in three highly studied systems, they all achieve coordinate regulation of an entire chromosome by differential RNA-polymerase occupancy at X-linked genes. High-throughput genome-wide methods have been pivotal in driving the latest progress in the field. Here we review the emerging models for dosage compensation in mammals, flies and nematodes, with a focus on mechanisms affecting RNA polymerase II activity on the X chromosome.
- Subjects
SEX chromosomes; KARYOTYPES; X chromosome; RNA polymerases; GENOMICS
- Publication
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2014, Vol 21, Issue 2, p118
- ISSN
1545-9993
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nsmb.2763