Meiotic sex chromosome inactivation in male mice with targeted disruptions of Xist

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4097-4105

  Turner, James M A ^a   Mahadevaiah, Shantha K ^a   Elliott, David J ^b   Garchon, Henri Jean ^c   Pehrson, John R ^d   Jaenisch, Rudolf ^e   Burgoyne, Paul S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Germline expression; MacroH2A1.2; Meiotic sex chromosome inactivation; Sex body; Spermatogenesis; Xist mutants; Xist Tsix

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; HISTONE; RNA; MACROH2A HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TSIX TRANSCRIPT, MOUSE; UNTRANSLATED RNA; X (INACTIVE) SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT (XIST); X (INACTIVE)-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT (XIST);

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GERM CELL; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; HISTONES; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036860728     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00111     Document Type: Review

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