A 94 kb genomic sequence 3' to the murine Xist gene reveals an AT rich region containing a new testis specific gene Tsx

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1713-1726

  Simmler, Marie Christine ^a   Cunningham, David B ^a   Clerc, Philippe ^a   Vermat, Thierry ^b   Caudron, Bernard ^a   Cruaud, Corinne ^c   Pawlak, André ^d   Szpirer, Claude ^e   Weissenbach, Jean ^c   Claverie, Jean Michel ^f   Avner, Philip ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c GÉNÉTHON   (France)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EVOLUTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

MURINAE;

EID: 0344226379     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.11.1713     Document Type: Article

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