Female-specific hyperacetylation of histone H4 in the chicken Z chromosome

Chromosome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-214

  Bisoni, Laura ^a   Batlle Morera, Laura ^a   Bird, Adrian P ^a   Suzuki, Miho ^a   McQueen, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken Z chromosome; Chromatin modification; Dosage compensation; Hyperacetylation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4; LYSINE; RNA;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME; EMBRYO;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX FACTORS;

AVES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GALLUS GALLUS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 18444375557     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-005-1505-4     Document Type: Article

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