Loss of Atrx affects trophoblast development and the pattern of X-inactivation in extraembryonic tissues

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 438-450

  Garrick, David ^a   Sharpe, Jackie A ^a   Arkell, Ruth ^b   Dobbie, Lorraine ^c   Smith, Andrew J H ^c   Wood, William G ^a   Higgs, Douglas R ^a   Gibbons, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HELICASE; ATRX PROTEIN, MOUSE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PATERNITY; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL; TROPHOBLAST; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINEAGE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MURINAE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA METHYLATION; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TROPHOBLASTS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 33646473832     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020058     Document Type: Article

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