The Polycomb group protein EED is dispensable for the initiation of random X-chromosome inactivation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 656-664

  Kalantry, Sundeep ^a   Magnuson, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC ECTODERM DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EED PROTEIN, MOUSE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TROPHOBLAST; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MAMMALIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPHOBLASTS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 33646942973     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020066     Document Type: Article

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