Characterization of Xpr (Xpct) reveals instability but no effects on X-chromosome pairing or Xist expression

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Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-56

  Sun, Sha ^a   Fukue, Yoshiro ^a   Nolen, Leisha ^a   Sadreyev, Ruslan I ^a   Lee, Jeannie T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome pairing; Tsix; X inactivation; Xist; Xpct; Xpr

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BAC5 GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PROBE; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; XIST GENE; XPR GENE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952263739     PISSN: 21541264     EISSN: 21541272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/trns.1.1.12401     Document Type: Article

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