A longitudinal study of X-inactivation ratio in human females

Human Genetics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 387-392

  Sandovici, Ionel ^a,b   Naumova, Anna K ^c   Leppert, Mark ^d   Linares, Yendi ^e   Sapienza, Carmen ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Phillips Academy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 5044252159     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-004-1177-8     Document Type: Article

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