X-tra! X-tra! News from the Mouse X Chromosome

Developmental Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 344-353

  Thorvaldsen, Joanne L ^a   Verona, Raluca I ^a   Bartolomei, Marisa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Imprinted; Random; Tsix; X inactivation; Xist

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748961290     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.07.011     Document Type: Review

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