Comparative mapping of X chromosomes in vole species of the genus Microtus

Chromosome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-48

  Nesterova, Tatyana B ^a,b   Duthie, Sarah M ^a   Mazurok, Nina A ^b   Isaenko, Al'bina A ^b   Rubtsova, Nadezhda V ^b   Zakian, Suren M ^b   Brockdorff, Neil ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Microtus; Rat; X chromosome evolution; Xist

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME G BAND; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNTENY; VOLE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PROBES; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FIBROBLASTS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; RATS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0031933428     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009266324602     Document Type: Article

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