Multiple elements within the Xic regulate random X inactivation in mice

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-92

  Clerc, Philippe ^a   Avner, Philip ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Antisense transcription; Silencing; X chromosome; Xic; Xist RNA

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037324676     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084-9521(02)00140-4     Document Type: Review

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