Hypothesis: Genes which function in a stochastic lineage commitment process are subject to monoallelic expression

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 369-371

  Shulman, Marc J ^a   Wu, Gillian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allelic exclusion; Imprinted genes; Lineage commitment

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ALLELE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RECEPTOR GENE; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0033215261     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1999.0193     Document Type: Article

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