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Skewing of X-inactivation ratios in blood cells of aging women is confirmed by independent methodologies.
Blood - 9 Apr 2009
Busque Lambert, Paquette Yves, Provost Sylvie, Roy Denis-Claude, Levine Ross L, Mollica Luigina, Gilliland D Gary
Abstract excerpt
Nonrandom X-chromosome inactivation (XCI), also known as skewing, has been documented in the blood cells of a significant proportion of normal aging women by the use of methylation-based assays at the polymorphic human androgen receptor locus (HUMARA). Recent data obtained with a new transcription-based XCI determination method, termed suppressive polymerase chain reaction (PCR), has shed controversy over the...
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