A boundary element between Tsix and Xist binds the chromatin insulator Ctcf and contributes to initiation of X-Chromosome inactivation

Genetics

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 441-454

  Spencer, Rebecca J ^a   del Rosario, Brian C ^a   Pinter, Stefan F ^a   Lessing, Derek ^a   Sadreyev, Ruslan I ^a   Lee, Jeannie T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RS14 ELEMENT; TSIX GENE; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; XIST GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSULATOR ELEMENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80053994141     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.132662     Document Type: Article

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