X chromosome inactivation and autoimmunity

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-29

  Brooks, Wesley H ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Polyamines; X chromosome; X inactivation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME B BETA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; HISTONE H1; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H4; N1 ACETYLSPERMIDINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; POLYAMINE OXIDASE; RNA; S ADENOSYL 3 METHYLTHIOPROPYLAMINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SPERMINE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME XQ; CHROMOSOME XQ 13; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X CHROMATIN; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE DISORDER; X INACTIVATION SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPT; X LINKED GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMINE; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 77954085717     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-009-8167-5     Document Type: Review

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