Skewing of X-inactivation ratios in blood cells of aging women is confirmed by independent methodologies

Blood

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3472-3474

  Busque, Lambert ^a,b   Paquette, Yves ^a   Provost, Sylvie ^c   Roy, Denis Claude ^a,b   Levine, Ross L ^d   Mollica, Luigina ^a,b   Gilliland, Gary ^e  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 65349193344     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-12-195677     Document Type: Article

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