Regulatory elements in the minimal promoter region of the mouse Xist gene

Gene

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-168

  Sheardown, S A ^a   Newall, A E T ^a   Norris, D P ^b   Rastan, S ^c   Brockdorff, N ^a  

^a MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Biological Laboratories   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Transcription; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030775149     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00507-6     Document Type: Article

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