Fitting the Puzzle Pieces: The Bigger Picture of XCI

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 138-147

  Maduro, Cheryl ^a   de Hoon, Bas ^a   Gribnau, Joost ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barr body; Chromatin; Epigenetics; Gene regulation; Spen; X chromosome inactivation (XCI); X pairing; Xist

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROTEASOME; RETINOBLASTOMA BINDING PROTEIN 4; RETINOBLASTOMA BINDING PROTEIN 7; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ATRX GENE; AUTOSOME; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BLASTOCYST; CELL CLONE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FIBROBLAST; FTX GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INNER CELL MASS; JPX GENE; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUT; NUTSHELL; PHENOTYPE; PRC1 GENE; PRC2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RBBP4 GENE; RBBP7 GENE; REVIEW; REX1 GENE; RNF12 GENE; STATISTICS; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON; TSIX GENE; UPREGULATION; X CHROMATIN; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; XIST GENE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84959226782     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: 13624326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.12.003     Document Type: Review

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