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Imprinting and disease.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology - 1 Feb 2003
Walter Jörn, Paulsen Martina
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Deregulation of imprinted genes has been observed in a number of human diseases such as Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Prader-Willi/Angelman syndromes and cancer. Imprinting diseases are characterised by complex patterns of mutations and associated phenotypes affecting pre- and postnatal growth and neurological functions. Regulation of imprinted gene expression is mediated by allele-specific epigenetic...
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