Mosaic methylation of Xist gene before chromosome inactivation in undifferentiated female mouse embryonic stem and embryonic germ cells

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-434

  Sado, Takashi ^a   Tada, Takashi ^a   Takagi, Nobuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryoid body; Embryonic germ (EG) cell; Embryonic stem (ES) cell; Imprinting; Methylation; X inactivation; Xist

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GERM CELL; METHYLATION; MOSAICISM; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME; YOLK SAC;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELLS; METHYLATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARTHENOGENESIS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029981834     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199604)205:4<421::AID-AJA6>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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