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Imprinted gene dosage is critical for the transition to independent life.
Cell metabolism - 8 Feb 2012
Charalambous Marika, Ferron Sacramento R, da Rocha Simao T, Murray Andrew J, Rowland Timothy, Ito Mitsuteru, Schuster-Gossler Karin, Hernandez Arturo, Ferguson-Smith Anne C
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal survival in mammals is crucially dependent upon maintenance of body temperature. Neonatal body temperature is largely maintained by thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue (BAT). BAT develops perinatally in mice requiring integration of adipogenic and thermoregulatory gene pathways. We describe a regulatory mutation in the imprinted gene cluster on mouse chromosome 12 resulting in early postnatal...
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