XACT - X active specific transcript Gene

Species: Homo sapiens

Gene Type: ncRNA
Gene ID: 105463123

About XACT

Cytogenetic location: Xq23 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): X:113,616,300-113,618,153 (from NCBI)

Summary

This gene produces a spliced long non-coding RNA that is thought to play a role in the control of X-chromosome inactivation (XCI). This transcript has been shown to specifically coat the active X chromosome in human pluripotent cells. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2015]