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Control elements within the PWS/AS imprinting box and their function in the imprinting process.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Apr 2004
Kantor Boris, Makedonski Kirill, Green-Finberg Yael, Shemer Ruth, Razin Aharon
Abstract excerpt
A cluster of imprinted genes on human chromosome 15q11-q13 (the PWS/AS domain) and its ortholog on mouse chromosome 7c is believed to be regulated by an imprinting control center. Although minideletions in this region in Angelman syndrome (AS) and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) patients revealed that two elements, shortest deletion regions of overlap in AS families and PWS families (AS-SRO and PWS-SRO),...
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