Germline X chromosomes exhibit contrasting patterns of histone H3 methylation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-82

  Reuben, Melanie ^a   Lin, Rueyling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Germline; Histone; Methylation; Telomere; X chromosome; XY body

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM LINE; HERMAPHRODITISM; KARYOTYPE; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036570006     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0634     Document Type: Article

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