X Chromosome inactivation and differentiation occur readily in ES cells doubly-deficient for macroH2A1 and macroH2A2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Tanasijevic, Borko ^a   Rasmussen, Theodore P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; ISOPROTEIN; MACROHISTONE H2A1; MACROHISTONE H2A2; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MACROH2A HISTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN VARIANT; RNA STABILITY; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEUROECTODERM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERATOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTONES; MALE; MICE; NEURAL PLATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERATOMA; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 79959771637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021512     Document Type: Article

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