A revision of the human XIST gene organization and structural comparison with mouse Xist

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 220-224

  Hong, Young Kwon ^a   Ontiveros, Sara D ^a   Strauss, William M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034050660     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003350010040     Document Type: Article

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