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Gene

XIST

X inactive specific transcript

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq13.2
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 73,820,656–73,852,714 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 32.1 kb
Also known as
NCRNA00001, DXS1089, swd66, LINC00001
Previous symbols
DXS399E
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000429829.7NR_001564.3
Locus type
RNA, long non-coding

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads XIST yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How XIST is laid out

  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where XIST sits. XIST and 3 genes near it on chromosome X, from 73,336,685 to 74,336,684.Chromosome XXq13.2p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q2873.4 Mb73.6 Mb73.8 Mb74 Mb74.2 MbCDX4: 73,447,053–73,455,171, forward strandCDX4CHIC1: 73,563,143–73,687,111, forward strandCHIC1XIST: 73,820,656–73,852,714, reverse strandXISTZCCHC13: 74,304,180–74,305,034, forward strandZCCHC13Diagram of XIST: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome XExon 6: 73,820,656–73,827,984, 7,329 basesExon 5: 73,829,068–73,829,231, 164 basesExon 4: 73,831,066–73,831,274, 209 basesExon 3: 73,833,238–73,833,374, 137 basesExon 2: 73,837,440–73,837,503, 64 basesExon 1: 73,841,382–73,852,714, 11,333 bases6543215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 19.2 kb of the gene's 32.1 kb.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). XIST gene: X inactive specific transcript. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/xist

Vancouver

Dante Labs. XIST gene: X inactive specific transcript [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/xist

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