Xist RNA exhibits a banded localization on the inactive X chromosome and is excluded from autosomal material in cis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-204

  Duthie, Sarah M ^a   Nesterova, Tatyana B ^a,b   Formstone, Emma J ^a   Keohane, Ann M ^c   Turner, Bryan M ^c   Zakian, Suren M ^b   Brockdorff, Neil ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032898752     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.2.195     Document Type: Article

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