Controlling X-inactivation in mammals: What does the centre hold?

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 331-340

  Rougeulle, Claire ^a   Avner, Philip ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Choice; Counting; Initiation; X chromosome inactivation; X inactivation centre

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; KARYOTYPE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0842287648     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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