XIST-induced silencing of flanking genes is achieved by additive action of repeat a monomers in human somatic cells

Epigenetics and Chromatin

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Minks, Jakub ^a   Baldry, Sarah El ^a   Yang, Christine ^a   Cotton, Allison M ^a   Brown, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eutherian dosage compensation; Gene silencing; Long non coding RNA; X chromosome inactivation; XIST

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA HAIRPIN; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOMATIC CELL; TANDEM REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EUTHERIA; MUS;

EID: 84880915693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-8935-6-23     Document Type: Article

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