Imprinted X-chromosome inactivation: Enlightenment from embryos in vivo

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 319-329

  Takagi, Nobuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ES cells; Imprinted XCI; Mouse embryo; X chromosome inactivation (XCI)

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0842281679     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2003.09.027     Document Type: Article

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