Beyond sense: The role of antisense RNA in controlling Xist expression

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 341-347

  Brown, Carolyn J ^a   Chow, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Functional RNA; TSIX; X chromosome inactivation; XIST

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0842346470     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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