Ends Xist, but where are the beginnings?

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-155

  Solter, Davor ^a   Wei, Grace ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0031044788     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.2.153     Document Type: Short Survey

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