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Callipyge mutation affects gene expression in cis: a potential role for chromatin structure.
Genome research - 1 Mar 2006
Murphy Susan K, Nolan Catherine M, Huang Zhiqing, Kucera Katerina S, Freking Brad A, Smith Timothy P L, Leymaster Kreg A, Weidman Jennifer R, Jirtle Randy L
Abstract excerpt
Muscular hypertrophy in callipyge sheep results from a single nucleotide substitution located in the genomic interval between the imprinted Delta, Drosophila, Homolog-like 1 (DLK1) and Maternally Expressed Gene 3 (MEG3). The mechanism linking the mutation to muscle hypertrophy is unclear but involves DLK1 overexpression. The mutation is contained within CLPG1 transcripts produced from this region. Herein we show...
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