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Oocyte growth-dependent progression of maternal imprinting in mice.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Apr 2006
Hiura Hitoshi, Obata Yayoi, Komiyama Junichi, Shirai Motomu, Kono Tomohiro
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In mammals, some genes categorized as imprinted genes are exclusively expressed either from maternal or paternal allele. This parental-origin-specific gene expression is regulated by epigenetic modification of DNA methylation in differentially methylated region (DMR), which is independently imposed during oogenesis and spermatogenesis. It is known that methylation of DMR in the female germ line is established...
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