Methylation of histone H3 at Lys-9 Is an early mark on the X chromosome during X inactivation

Cell

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 727-738

  Heard, Edith ^a   Rougeulle, Claire ^b   Arnaud, Danielle ^b   Avner, Philip ^b   Allis, C David ^c   Spector, David L ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE; RNA;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; MALE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035861875     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00598-0     Document Type: Article

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