The role of X-inactivation in the gender bias of patients with acquired α-thalassaemia and myelodysplastic syndrome (ATMDS)

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 538-545

  Haas, Peter S ^a   Roy, Noemi B A ^b   Gibbons, Richard J ^b   Deville, Marie Alice ^b   Fisher, Chris ^b   Schwabe, Michael ^a   Bissé, Emmanuel ^a   Van Dorsselaer, Alain ^c   Higgs, Douglas R ^b   Lübbert, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA methylation; Epigenetic disorders; Haemoglobin regulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIC MUTATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

AGED; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA HELICASES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 58549098724     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07505.x     Document Type: Article

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