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The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
Nature. 2005 Mar 17;434(7031):325-37. doi: 10.1038/nature03440.
The human X chromosome has a unique biology that was shaped by its evolution as the sex chromosome shared by males and females. We have determined 99.3% of the euchromatic sequence of the X chromosome. Our analysis illustrates the autosomal origin of the mammalian sex chromosomes, the stepwise process that led to the progressive loss of recombination between X and Y, and the extent of subsequent degradation of the Y chromosome. LINE1 repeat elements cover one-third of the X chromosome, with a distribution that is consistent with their proposed role as way stations in the process of X-chromosome inactivation. We found 1,098 genes in the sequence, of which 99 encode proteins expressed in testis and in various tumour types. A disproportionately high number of mendelian diseases are documented for the X chromosome. Of this number, 168 have been explained by mutations in 113 X-linked genes, which in many cases were characterized with the aid of the DNA sequence.
人类X染色体具有独特的生物学特性,这种特性是在其作为男性和女性共享的性染色体的进化过程中形成的。我们已经确定了X染色体常染色质序列的99.3%。我们的分析揭示了哺乳动物性染色体的常染色体起源、导致X和Y之间重组逐渐丧失的逐步过程,以及Y染色体随后的退化程度。LINE1重复元件覆盖了X染色体的三分之一,其分布与它们在X染色体失活过程中作为中间站的假定作用一致。我们在该序列中发现了1098个基因,其中99个编码在睾丸和各种肿瘤类型中表达的蛋白质。X染色体上记录的孟德尔疾病数量异常之多。其中,168种已通过113个X连锁基因的突变得到解释,在许多情况下,这些基因是借助DNA序列进行表征的。