Role of the Xist gene in X chromosome choosing

Cell

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 657-664

  Marahrens, York ^a   Loring, Jan ^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

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROCHROMATIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032489426     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81133-2     Document Type: Article

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