The human XIST gene: Analysis of a 17 kb inactive X-specific RNA that contains conserved repeats and is highly localized within the nucleus

Carolyn J. Brown; Brian Hendrich; Jim L. Rupert; Ronald G. Lafrenière; Yigong Xing; Jeanne B. Lawrence; Huntington F. Willard

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(92)90520-m

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XISTBiologyX-inactivationX chromosomeGeneticsExonGeneRNAORFSMolecular biologyOpen reading framePeptide sequence

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Year: 1992
Type: article
Volume: 71
Issue: 3
Pages: 527-542
Citations: 1303
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                                    Carolyn J. Brown, 
                                
                                    Brian Hendrich, 
                                
                                    Jim L. Rupert
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1992). 
                            The human XIST gene: Analysis of a 17 kb inactive X-specific RNA that contains conserved repeats and is highly localized within the nucleus. 
                            Cell
                            , 71
                            (3)
                            , 527-542.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(92)90520-m
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(92)90520-m