Identification of the Porcine XIST Gene and Its Differential CpG Methylation Status in Male and Female Pig Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hwang, Jae Yeon ^a   Kim, Eun Bae ^b,c   Ka, Hakhyun ^d   Lee, Chang Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MODEL; INTRON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; XIST GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, LONG NONCODING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX FACTORS; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84883613313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073677     Document Type: Article

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