Article
Epigenetic and phenotypic consequences of a truncation disrupting the imprinted domain on distal mouse chromosome 7.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Feb 2008
Oh Rosemary, Ho Rita, Mar Lynn, Gertsenstein Marina, Paderova Jana, Hsien John, Squire Jeremy A, Higgins Michael J, Nagy Andras, Lefebvre Louis
Abstract excerpt
The distal end of mouse chromosome 7 (Chr 7) contains a large cluster of imprinted genes. In this region two cis-acting imprinting centers, IC1 (H19 DMR) and IC2 (KvDMR1), define proximal and distal subdomains, respectively. To assess the functional independence of IC1 in the context of Chr 7, we developed a recombinase-mediated chromosome truncation strategy in embryonic stem cells and generated a terminal...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Chromosomes, Mammalian
- DNA Methylation
- Embryonic Stem Cells
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Genomic Imprinting
- Heterozygote
- Mice
- Phenotype
- Sequence Deletion
