Escape from X Inactivation Varies in Mouse Tissues

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Berletch, Joel B ^a   Ma, Wenxiu ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Shendure, Jay ^a   Noble, William S ^a   Disteche, Christine M ^a   Deng, Xinxian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CTCF; CCCTC-BINDING FACTOR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BGN GENE; BMP15 GENE; CAR5B GENE; CFP GENE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GDI1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; GPM6B GENE; GPRASP1 GENE; MALE; MID1 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLP1 GENE; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SHROOM4 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYP GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VSIG4 GENE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X LINKED GENE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FEMALE; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84926295016     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005079     Document Type: Article

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