XIST expression in human oocytes and preimplantation embryos

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Daniels, R ^a   Zuccotti, M ^a   Kinis, T ^b   Serhal, P ^b   Monk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OOCYTE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0030764111     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513892     Document Type: Article

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