Functional intergenic transcription: A case study of the X-inactivation centre

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1436, 2003, Pages 1417-1423

  Lee, Jeannie T ^a   Arney, K ^b   Nesterova, T ^b   Bestor, T ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenic transcription; Non coding RNA; Tsix; X inactivation; Xist; Xite

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042355272     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1328     Document Type: Review

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