Twin study of genetic and aging effects on X chromosome inactivation

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 599-606

  Kristiansen, Marianne ^a   Knudsen, Gun P S ^a   Bathum, Lise ^b   Naumova, Anna K ^c   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^d   Brix, Thomas H ^b   Svendsen, Anders J ^b,e   Christensen, Kaare ^b   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^b   Ørstavik, Karen H ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elderly; Twins; X chromosome; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 21044450309     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201398     Document Type: Article

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