Mammalian retrotransposon derived protein 8C, CAAX box protein 1, Cerebral protein 5, CXX 1, FAM127A, Family with sequence similarity 127, member A, Mar8, MAR8C, Mart8, F127A_HUMAN.
The X and Y chromosomes are the human sex chromosomes. Chromosome X consists of about 153 million base pairs and nearly 1,000 genes. The combination of an X and Y chromosome lead to normal male development while two copies of X lead to normal female development. There are a number of conditions related to an unsual number and combination of sex chromosomes being inherited. More than one copy of the X chromosome with a Y chromosome causes Klinefelters syndrome. A single copy of X alone leads to Turners syndrome. More than 2 copies of the X chromosome, in the absence of a Y chromosome, is known as Triple X syndrome. Color blindness, hemophilia, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy are well known X chromosome-linked conditions which affect males more frequently as males carry a single X chromosome. The CXX1 gene product has been provisionally designated CXX1 pending further characterization.
