A stain upon the silence: Genes escaping X inactivation

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 432-438

  Brown, Carolyn J ^a   Greally, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOME; BIOINFORMATICS; EVOLUTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; Y CHROMOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042706143     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00177-X     Document Type: Review

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