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15901
World Ranking
2781
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Philip Avner is affiliated with the European Bioinformatics Institute in the United Kingdom, contributing to the scientific community through their association with this research institution.

The scientist has been recognized with several awards, including the Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France in 2011 and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), reflecting their involvement in molecular biology and related fields.

Best Publications

  • X-chromosome inactivation: counting, choice and initiation

    Philip Avner;Edith Heard

  • X-CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION IN MAMMALS

    Edith Heard;Philippe Clerc;Philip Avner

  • Characterization of a murine gene expressed from the inactive X chromosome.

    Giuseppe Borsani;Rossana Tonlorenzi;M. Christine Simmler;Luisa Dandolo

  • Methylation of histone H3 at Lys-9 is an early mark on the X chromosome during X inactivation.

    Edith Heard;Claire Rougeulle;Danielle Arnaud;Philip Avner

  • The nature and identification of quantitative trait loci: a community's view.

    Oduola Abiola;Joe M. Angel;Philip Avner;Alexander A. Bachmanov

  • The Xist RNA Gene Evolved in Eutherians by Pseudogenization of a Protein-Coding Gene

    Laurent Duret;Corinne Chureau;Corinne Chureau;Corinne Chureau;Sylvie Samain;Sylvie Samain;Sylvie Samain;Jean Weissenbach;Jean Weissenbach;Jean Weissenbach

  • Imprinted X-inactivation in extra-embryonic endoderm cell lines from mouse blastocysts.

    Tilo Kunath;Tilo Kunath;Danielle Arnaud;Gary D. Uy;Ikuhiro Okamoto

  • Transient colocalization of X-inactivation centres accompanies the initiation of X inactivation.

    Christian P. Bacher;Michèele Guggiari;Benedikt Brors;Sandrine Augui

  • LINE-1 Activity in Facultative Heterochromatin Formation during X Chromosome Inactivation

    Jennifer C. Chow;Constance Ciaudo;Melissa J. Fazzari;Nathan Mise;Nathan Mise

  • Molecular Coupling of Xist Regulation and Pluripotency

    Pablo Navarro;Ian Chambers;Violetta Karwacki-Neisius;Corinne Chureau

  • Three monoclonal antibodies defining distinct differentiation antigens associated with different high molecular weight polypeptides on the surface of human embryonal carcinoma cells.

    Peter W. Andrews;George Banting;Ivan Damjanov;Danielle Arnaud

  • Differential histone H3 Lys-9 and Lys-27 methylation profiles on the X chromosome.

    Claire Rougeulle;Julie Chaumeil;Kavitha Sarma;C. David Allis

  • Ftx is a non-coding RNA which affects Xist expression and chromatin structure within the X-inactivation center region

    Corinne Chureau;Sophie Chantalat;Antonio Romito;Angélique Galvani

  • Comparative sequence analysis of the X-inactivation center region in mouse, human, and bovine.

    Corinne Chureau;Marine Prissette;Agnès Bourdet;Valérie Barbe

  • 2-D structure of the A region of Xist RNA and its implication for PRC2 association.

    Sylvain Maenner;Magali Blaud;Laetitia Fouillen;Anne Savoye

  • Cell lines derived from teratocarcinomas.

    Jean Francois Daniel Nicolas;P. Avner;J. Gaillard;J L Guenet

  • Genetic analysis of the mouse using interspecific crosses

    P. Avner;L. Amar;L. Dandolo;J.L. Guénet

  • Evidence for de novo imprinted X-chromosome inactivation independent of meiotic inactivation in mice

    Ikuhiro Okamoto;Danielle Arnaud;Patricia Le Baccon;Arie P. Otte

  • Role of the region 3′ to Xist exon 6 in the counting process of X-chromosome inactivation

    Philippe Clerc;Philip Avner

  • A novel X gene with a widely transcribed Y-linked homologue escapes X-inactivation in mouse and human

    Alexander I. Agulnik;Michael J. Mitchell;Marie-Geneviève Mattei;Giuseppe Borsani

Frequent Co-Authors

Edith Heard
Edith Heard Collège de France
Christian Boitard
Christian Boitard Université Paris Cité
Jean Weissenbach
Jean Weissenbach Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sally L. Dunwoodie
Sally L. Dunwoodie Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Jean-Louis Guénet
Jean-Louis Guénet Institut Pasteur
Hans Lehrach
Hans Lehrach Max Planck Society
Emmanuel Barillot
Emmanuel Barillot Institute Curie
Bernard Dujon
Bernard Dujon Institut Pasteur
Laurent Duret
Laurent Duret Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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