DOSAGE COMPENSATION: REGULATION OF SEX CHROMOSOME GENE EXPRESSION

Dosage compensation is observed in various taxa of organisms with heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Dosage compensation mechanisms are thought to have arisen to eliminate differences in gene dosage between sexes that appeared in the course of sex chromosome evolution. Study of this process in the sex c...

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Main Author: E. V. Dementyeva
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Language:English
Published: Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders 2014-12-01
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Online Access:https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/89
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description Dosage compensation is observed in various taxa of organisms with heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Dosage compensation mechanisms are thought to have arisen to eliminate differences in gene dosage between sexes that appeared in the course of sex chromosome evolution. Study of this process in the sex chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, and mammals has shown that, despite the common reason of dosage compensation origin, entirely different ways were elaborated to regulate X-linked gene expression level. It has also been found that not only equal levels of X-linked gene expression between sexes but also the transcription balance between the X chromosome and autosomes is important. Detailed examination of dosage compensation mechanisms demonstrates that X-linked genes are differently involved in the dosage compensation system. A similar trend is observed in studies of dosage compensation of Z-linked genes in birds and butterflies. Current data on the dosage compensation process and mechanisms governing it are summarized.
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spelling doaj-art-5f0aab5226a64578a3a35cf3078846982025-02-01T09:57:59ZengSiberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and BreedersВавиловский журнал генетики и селекции2500-32592014-12-01164/290291373DOSAGE COMPENSATION: REGULATION OF SEX CHROMOSOME GENE EXPRESSIONE. V. Dementyeva0Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RussiaDosage compensation is observed in various taxa of organisms with heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Dosage compensation mechanisms are thought to have arisen to eliminate differences in gene dosage between sexes that appeared in the course of sex chromosome evolution. Study of this process in the sex chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, and mammals has shown that, despite the common reason of dosage compensation origin, entirely different ways were elaborated to regulate X-linked gene expression level. It has also been found that not only equal levels of X-linked gene expression between sexes but also the transcription balance between the X chromosome and autosomes is important. Detailed examination of dosage compensation mechanisms demonstrates that X-linked genes are differently involved in the dosage compensation system. A similar trend is observed in studies of dosage compensation of Z-linked genes in birds and butterflies. Current data on the dosage compensation process and mechanisms governing it are summarized.https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/89dosage compensationsex chromosomesgene expressionchromatin modifications
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DOSAGE COMPENSATION: REGULATION OF SEX CHROMOSOME GENE EXPRESSION
Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции
dosage compensation
sex chromosomes
gene expression
chromatin modifications
title DOSAGE COMPENSATION: REGULATION OF SEX CHROMOSOME GENE EXPRESSION
title_full DOSAGE COMPENSATION: REGULATION OF SEX CHROMOSOME GENE EXPRESSION
title_fullStr DOSAGE COMPENSATION: REGULATION OF SEX CHROMOSOME GENE EXPRESSION
title_full_unstemmed DOSAGE COMPENSATION: REGULATION OF SEX CHROMOSOME GENE EXPRESSION
title_short DOSAGE COMPENSATION: REGULATION OF SEX CHROMOSOME GENE EXPRESSION
title_sort dosage compensation regulation of sex chromosome gene expression
topic dosage compensation
sex chromosomes
gene expression
chromatin modifications
url https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/89
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