The UTX gene escapes X inactivation in mice and humans

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 737-742

  Greenfield, Andy ^a,b   Carrel, Laura ^c   Pennisi, David ^a   Philippe, Christophe ^d,g   Quaderi, Nandita ^e,h   Siggers, Pamela ^b   Steiner, Kirsten ^f   Tam, Patrick P L ^f   Monaco, Anthony P ^d   Willard, Huntington F ^c   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^h TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME XP; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 6844242334     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.4.737     Document Type: Article

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