Monoallelic gene expression in mammals

Chromosoma

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-290

  Zakharova, Irina S ^a   Shevchenko, Alexander I ^a   Zakian, Suren M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALLELIC EXCLUSION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 67349252534     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: 14320886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-009-0206-8     Document Type: Review

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