Derivation of consensus inactivation status for X-linked genes from genome-wide studies

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Balaton, Bradley P ^a   Cotton, Allison M ^b   Brown, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allelic imbalance; DNA methylation; Dosage compensation; Escape from X chromosome inactivation; Somatic cell hybrids; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951912187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13293-015-0053-7     Document Type: Article

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