An Xist-activating antisense RNA required for X-chromosome inactivation

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sarkar, Mrinal K ^a   Gayen, Srimonta ^a   Kumar, Surinder ^a   Maclary, Emily ^a   Buttigieg, Emily ^a   Hinten, Michael ^a   Kumari, Archana ^a   Harris, Clair ^a   Sado, Takashi ^b   Kalantry, Sundeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Faculty of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; RNA;

MAMMALIA;

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; XIST NON-CODING RNA;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, LONG NONCODING; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84945207135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9564     Document Type: Article

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