Xist has properties of the X-chromosome inactivation centre

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6622, 1997, Pages 272-275

  Herzing, Laura B K ^a   Romer, Justyna T ^a   Horn, Jacqueline M ^a   Ashworth, Alan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; NUCLEAR RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COSMIDS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031001346     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386272a0     Document Type: Article

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