A developmental switch in H4 acetylation upstream of Xist plays a role in X chromosome inactivation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2897-2907

  O'Neill, Laura P ^d   Keohane, Ann M ^d   Lavender, Jayne S ^d   McCabe, Veronica ^a,b   Heard, Edith ^c   Avner, Philip ^c   Brockdorff, Neil ^a   Turner, Bryan M ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Embryonic stem cells; Gene silencing; Histone acetylation; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE H4; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MUTANT; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HISTONES; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; MICE; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033577693     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.10.2897     Document Type: Article

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