X Chromosome Inactivation Is Initiated in Human Preimplantation Embryos

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 771-779

  van den Berg, Ilse M ^a   Laven, Joop S E ^a   Stevens, Mary ^a   Jonkers, Iris ^a   Galjaard, Robert Jan ^a   Gribnau, Joost ^a   Hikke van Doorninck, J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

BLASTOCYST; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; RNA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 66449134804     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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