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Domain-specific response of imprinted genes to reduced DNMT1.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Aug 2010
Weaver Jamie R, Sarkisian Garnik, Krapp Christopher, Mager Jesse, Mann Mellissa R W, Bartolomei Marisa S
Abstract excerpt
Imprinted genes are expressed in a monoallelic, parent-of-origin-specific manner. Clusters of imprinted genes are regulated by imprinting control regions (ICRs) characterized by DNA methylation of one allele. This methylation is critical for imprinting; a reduction in the DNA methyltransferase DNMT1 causes a widespread loss of imprinting. To better understand the role of DNA methylation in the regulation of...
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