XIST expression from the maternal X chromosome in human male preimplantation embryos at the blastocyst stage

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1323-1327

  Ray, Pierre F ^a,c   Winston, Robert M L ^a   Handyside, Alan H ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GENE MAPPING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030856414     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.8.1323     Document Type: Article

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