Probing Xist RNA Structure in Cells Using Targeted Structure-Seq

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Fang, Rui ^a   Moss, Walter N ^a   Rutenberg Schoenberg, Michael ^a   Simon, Matthew D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; CONFORMATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; POINT MUTATION; RNA FOLDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POINT MUTATION; RNA FOLDING; RNA, LONG NONCODING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84953266074     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005668     Document Type: Article

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