X chromosome inactivation: A silence that needs to be broken

Genesis

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 821-834

  Basu, Reelina ^a   Zhang, Li Feng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetics; Noncoding RNA; Nuclear organization

Indexed keywords

RING FINGER PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GROWTH RETARDATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HOX GENE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUCHROMATIN; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; MALE; MAMMALS; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80455143581     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20792     Document Type: Review

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