Implications of X-linked gene regulation for sex differences in disease pathogenesis (comment on DOI 10.1002/bies.201100047)

BioEssays

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 789-790

  Klein, Sabra L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MALE; MICRORNAS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 80054684533     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100128     Document Type: Note

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