H4 acetylation, XIST RNA and replication timing are coincident and define X;autosome boundaries in two abnormal X chromosomes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 377-383

  Keohane, Ann M ^a   Barlow, Andrew L ^a   Waters, Jonathan ^b   Bourn, David ^b   Turner, Bryan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4;

ACETYLATION; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CASE REPORT; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 6; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION X; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA REPLICATION; X CHROMATIN; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ACETYLATION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; RNA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032929080     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.2.377     Document Type: Article

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