A chromosomal memory triggered by Xist regulates histone methylation in X inactivation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Kohlmaier, Alexander ^a   Savarese, Fabio ^a   Lachner, Monika ^a   Martens, Joost ^a   Jenuwein, Thomas ^a   Wutz, Anton ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PROTEIN XIST; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; LYSINE; UNTRANSLATED RNA; X (INACTIVE) SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT (XIST); X (INACTIVE)-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT (XIST);

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EMBRYO; GENE SILENCING; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RNA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STEM CELLS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 19344375746     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020171     Document Type: Article

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