X-inactivation normalizes O-GlcNAc transferase levels and generates an O-GlcNAc-depleted Barr body

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Olivier Van Stichelen, Stéphanie ^a   Hanover, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Barr body; Gene silencing; O GlcNAc transferase; O GlcNAcylation; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; AZASERINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINE FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HISTONE H2A; LIPOFECTAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; KARYOTYPE 47, XXX; MALE; PROTEIN CONTENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; X CHROMATIN; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84906214579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00256     Document Type: Article

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