A proximal conserved repeat in the Xist gene is essential as a genomic element for X-inactivation in mouse

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-146

  Hoki, Yuko ^a   Kimura, Naomi ^a   Kanbayashi, Minako ^a   Amakawa, Yuko ^a,b   Ohhata, Tatsuya ^a   Sasaki, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Sado, Takashi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Mouse embryo; Tsix; X inactivation; Xist

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X INACTIVE SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT PROTEIN; TSIX TRANSCRIPT, MOUSE; UNTRANSLATED RNA; X (INACTIVE) SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT (XIST); X (INACTIVE)-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT (XIST);

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA METHYLATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PROMOTER REGION; SPERMATOZOON; X CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 60749087716     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.026427     Document Type: Article

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