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Maternal alleles acquiring paternal methylation patterns in biparental complete hydatidiform moles.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Jun 2003
El-Maarri Osman, Seoud Muhieddine, Coullin Philippe, Herbiniaux Ursula, Oldenburg Johannes, Rouleau Guy, Slim Rima
Abstract excerpt
We previously mapped a maternal locus responsible for biparental complete hydatidiform moles (BiCHMs) to 19q13.4. The two index patients had a total of 14 molar pregnancies, eight abortions at various developmental stages, and one 16-year-old healthy offspring. We suggested that the defective gene deregulates the expression of imprinted genes. Here, we report the methylation status of four imprinted genes in two...
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