Imprinted X inactivation and reprogramming in the preimplantation mouse embryo

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2005, Pages

  Sado, Takashi ^a,b   Ferguson Smith, Anne C ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC ECTODERM DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN; HISTONE; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; INNER CELL MASS; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; DNA METHYLATION; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 17444427391     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi117     Document Type: Review

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