X chromosome-inactivation patterns of 1,005 phenotypically unaffected females

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 493-499

  Amos Landgraf, James M ^a,d   Cottle, Amy ^a   Plenge, Robert M ^a,e   Friez, Mike ^b   Schwartz, Charles E ^b   Longshore, John ^b   Willard, Huntington F ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DNA; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; LYMPHOBLAST; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 33748675306     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507565     Document Type: Article

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