External IDs GeneCards: THCYTX Human Mouse Ensembl n/a | Species Human Entrez 84434 | |
Aliases THCYTX, FTX, Ftx, Thrombocytosis, familial X-linked | ||
In molecular biology, FTX transcript, XIST regulator (non-protein coding), also known as FTX (Five prime to Xist), is a long non-coding RNA. In humans, it is located on the X chromosome. It was identified during sequence analysis of the X inactivation centre, surrounding the XIST gene. FTX contains several microRNAs within its introns. It upregulates expression of XIST, and inhibits DNA methylation of the XIST promoter.
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