Sans tsix, les mâles aussi inactivent leur chromosome X

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 926-928

  Vigneau, Sébastien ^a   Clerc, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TSIX TRANSCRIPT, MOUSE; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 39049183964     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: 19585381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20062211926     Document Type: Article

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