X-inactivation and histone H4 acetylation in embryonic stem cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 618-630

  Keohane, Ann M ^a   O'Neill, Laura P ^a   Belyaev, Nikolai D ^a   Lavender, Jayne S ^a   Turner, Bryan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0030589678     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0333     Document Type: Article

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