Tsix, a gene antisense to Xist at the X-inactivation centre

Nature Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 400-404

  Lee, Jeannie T ^a   Davidow, Lance S ^a   Warshawsky, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEX FACTORS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032932528     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/7734     Document Type: Article

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