Specific patterns of histone marks accompany X chromosome inactivation in a marsupial

Chromosome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-126

  Koina, Edda ^a   Chaumeil, Julie ^a   Greaves, Ian K ^b   Tremethick, David J ^b   Marshall Graves, Jennifer A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dosage compensation; Epigenetic silencing; Macropus eugenii; Tammar wallaby; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; KANGAROO; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MARSUPIALIA; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 62549103324     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-009-9020-7     Document Type: Article

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