Escape Artists of the X Chromosome

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 348-359

  Balaton, Bradley P ^a   Brown, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allelic sequence analysis; Dosage compensation; Epigenetic silencing; Sex chromosomes; X chromosome; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYBRID CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MAMMAL;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA METHYLATION; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84966714447     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2016.03.007     Document Type: Review

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