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Reactivation of heritably silenced gene expression in mice.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 May 2000
Sutherland H G, Kearns M, Morgan H D, Headley A P, Morris C, Martin D I, Whitelaw E
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic modifications that suppress gene activity in mammals are generally considered to be cleared in the germline, restoring totipotency of the genome. Here we report the germline inheritance of transcriptional silencing in mice, and reversion to activity after as many as three generations in the silent state. In a series of lines made with a LacZ transgene, one line exhibits variable expressivity:...
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