Variability of sequence surrounding the xist gene in rodents suggests taxon-specific regulation of X chromosome inactivation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Shevchenko, Alexander I ^a,b   Malakhova, Anastasia A ^a,b   Elisaphenko, Eugeny A ^a,b   Mazurok, Nina A ^a,b   Nesterova, Tatyana B ^c   Brockdorff, Neil ^c   Zakian, Suren M ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; UNTRANSLATED RNA; X (INACTIVE) SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT (XIST); X (INACTIVE)-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT (XIST);

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DXPAS 34 GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SLC 7A3 GENE; TAXON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TSIX GENE; VOLE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; XIST GENE; XITE GENE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; NORTHERN BLOTTING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MURINAE; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, BASIC; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EXONS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; MICE; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 79961074069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022771     Document Type: Article

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