X Inactive Specific Transcript

**Semantic type:** Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide

**Definition:** X inactive specific transcript (~19 kb) is encoded by the human XIST gene. This long non-coding RNA is involved in the regulation of X chromosome inactivation in females.

**Synonyms:** - LINC00001 - Long Intergenic Non-Protein Coding RNA 1 - NCRNA00001 - Non-Protein Coding RNA 1 - X (Inactive)-Specific Transcript - X Inactivation-Specific Transcript - X Inactive Specific Transcript Long Non-Protein Coding RNA - X Inactive Specific Transcript lincRNA - X Inactive Specific Transcript lncRNA - XIST