Acquired skewing of X-chromosome inactivation patterns in myeloid cells of the elderly suggests stochastic clonal loss with age

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 512-519

  Gale, Rosemary E ^b   Fielding, Adele K ^a,b   Harrison, Claire N ^b   Linch, David C ^b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonal analysis; Haemopoietic stem cells; HUMARA; Stem cell pool size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; NEUTROPHIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0030928170     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.2573078.x     Document Type: Article

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