X chromosome inactivation is mediated by Xist RNA stabilization

Cell

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 907-916

  Panning, Barbara ^a   Dausman, Jessica ^a   Jaenisch, Rudolf ^a,b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030880815     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80355-4     Document Type: Article

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