Equality of the sexes: Mammalian dosage compensation

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-132

  Brown, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; X chromosome inactivation; XIST

Indexed keywords

RNA;

FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HUMANS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034853319     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-15392     Document Type: Review

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