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The imprinted signaling protein XL alpha s is required for postnatal adaptation to feeding.
Nature genetics - 1 Aug 2004
Plagge Antonius, Gordon Emma, Dean Wendy, Boiani Romina, Cinti Saverio, Peters Jo, Kelsey Gavin
Abstract excerpt
Genomic imprinting, by which maternal and paternal alleles of some genes have different levels of activity, has profound effects on growth and development of the mammalian fetus. The action of imprinted genes after birth, in particular while the infant is dependent on maternal provision of nutrients, is far less well understood. We disrupted a paternally expressed transcript at the Gnas locus, Gnasxl, which...
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