In female humans and other mammals, dosage compensation is achieved by the inactivation of one of the two X chromosomes in each cell. Which one of the following does not occur in the X-inactivation mechanism of female mammals?

A. X-inactivation begins with a small region of
the X chromosome that contains a gene for
an X-inactivation specific transcript (Xist).
B. Xist is expressed in low levels except
when an X chromosome is about to be
inactivated.
C. When an X chromosome is about to be
inactivated, Xist RNA transcripts increase
markedly and undergo splicing, but do not
encode a protein.
D. Xist RNA is attracted to and associates
with a protein called the X-chromosome
inactivation center (XIC), which becomes
entirely coated with Xist.
E. Xist RNA recruits factors that promote
DNA methylation, histone modification, and
other changes associated with transcriptional
silencing.


D

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