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Imprinting analysis of the porcine MEST gene in 75 and 90 day placentas and prenatal tissues.
Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica - 1 Aug 2007
XU Chenchang, SU Lijie, ZHOU Quanyong, LI Changchun, ZHAO Shuhong
Abstract excerpt
Imprinted genes play important roles in mammalian growth, development and behavior. Mouse mesoderm-specific transcript (MEST) has been identified as an imprinted gene and mapped to an imprinted region of mouse chromosome 6 (MMU6). It plays essential roles in embryonic and placental growth, and it is required for maternal behavior in adult female mouse. Here, we isolated the porcine MEST gene and detected a single...
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