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The human HYMAI/PLAGL1 differentially methylated region acts as an imprint control region in mice.
Genomics - 1 Nov 2006
Arima Takahiro, Yamasaki Katsuhisa, John Rosalind M, Kato Kiyoko, Sakumi Kunihiko, Nakabeppu Yusaku, Wake Norio, Kono Tomohiro
Abstract excerpt
Imprinting centers (IC) can be defined as cis-elements that are recognized in the germ line and are epigenetically modified to bring about the full imprinting program in a somatic cell. Two paternally expressed human genes, HYMAI and PLAGL1 (LOT1/ZAC), are located within human chromosome 6q24. Within this region lies a 1-kb CpG island that is differentially methylated in somatic cells, unmethylated in sperm, and...
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