CpG islands in human X-inactivation

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-249

  Ke, Xiayi ^a,b   Collins, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOGENETICS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS;

CPG ISLANDS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 1542360090     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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