Role and control of X chromosome dosage in mammalian development

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-115

  Schulz, Edda G ^a   Heard, Edith ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME NUMBER; DEVELOPMENT; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84877818467     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2013.01.008     Document Type: Review

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