Dosage compensation of the active X chromosome in mammals

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-53

  Di, Kim Nguyen ^a   Disteche, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BRAIN TISSUE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; COGNITION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOSOMY; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATID; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; OOCYTES; SPERMATIDS; UP-REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA;

EID: 29444455049     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1705     Document Type: Article

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