Differential underacetylation of histones H2A, H3 and H4 on the inactive X chromosome in human female cells

Human Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 573-578

  Belyaev, Nikolai D ^a   Keohane, Ann M ^a   Turner, Bryan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONSTITUTIVE HETEROCHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RABBIT; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029881774     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02281863     Document Type: Article

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