Allelic inactivation of rDNA loci

Genes and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2437-2447

  Schlesinger, Sharon ^a   Selig, Sara ^b   Bergman, Yehudit ^a   Cedar, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Early development; Monoallelic expression; Replication timing; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOMATIC CELL; X CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, RRNA; HISTONES; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

EID: 70350112537     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.544509     Document Type: Article

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