Histone H3 lysine 4 dimethylation is enriched on the inactive sex chromosomes in male meiosis but absent on the inactive X in female somatic cells

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 11-15

  Khalil, A M ^a   Driscoll, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HISTONES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MICE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27644573398     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087508     Document Type: Article

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