Histone acetylation and X inactivation

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-73

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

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Histone underacetylation; Mammals; X chromsome

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; MALE; MARSUPIAL; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILENCER GENE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0031917788     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)22:1<65::AID-DVG7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Review

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