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CpG content affects gene silencing in mice: evidence from novel transgenes.
Genome biology - 1 Jan 2003
Chevalier-Mariette Christine, Henry Isabelle, Montfort Lucile, Capgras Suzanne, Forlani Sylvie, Muschler John, Nicolas Jean-François
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BACKGROUND: Transgenes are often engineered using regulatory elements from distantly related genomes. Although correct expression patterns are frequently achieved even in transgenic mice, inappropriate expression, especially with promoters of widely expressed genes, has been reported. DNA methylation has been implicated in the aberrant expression, but the mechanism by which the methylation of a CpG-rich sequence...
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