Allelic inactivation of the pseudoautosomal gene SYBL1 is controlled by epigenetic mechanisms common to the X and Y chromosomes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 3191-3198

  Matarazzo, Maria Rosaria ^a   De Bonis, Maria Luigia ^a   Gregory, Richard I ^c   Vacca, Marcella ^a   Hansen, R Scott ^d   Mercadante, Grazia ^a   D'Urso, Michele ^a   Feil, Robert ^b,c   D'Esposito, Maurizio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; DNA; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; SYNAPTOBREVIN; HISTONE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SYBL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACETYLATION; ALLELE; CHROMATIN; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; Y CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CPG ISLAND; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HYBRID CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; VIROLOGY;

ALLELES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HISTONES; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); R-SNARE PROTEINS;

EID: 0036900494     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/11.25.3191     Document Type: Review

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