DNA methylation of the X chromosomes of the human female: An in situ semi-quantitative analysis

Chromosoma

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 528-535

  Bernardino, J ^a   Lamoliatte, E ^a   Lombard, M ^a   Niveleau, A ^b   Malfoy, B ^a   Dutrillaux, B ^a   Bourgeois, C A ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPE; METAPHASE; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030010383     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00352117     Document Type: Article

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