X chromosome choice occurs independently of asynchronous replication timing

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 365-373

  Gribnau, Joost ^b,c   Luikenhuis, Sandra ^a,b   Hochedlinger, Konrad ^b   Monkhorst, Kim ^b,c   Jaenisch, Rudolf ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; WILD TYPE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXONS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED KINASES; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; S PHASE; STEM CELLS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 13444280045     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200405117     Document Type: Article

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