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An unexpected function of the Prader-Willi syndrome imprinting center in maternal imprinting in mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Wu Mei-Yi, Jiang Ming, Zhai Xiaodong, Beaudet Arthur L, Wu Ray-Chang
Abstract excerpt
Genomic imprinting is a phenomenon that some genes are expressed differentially according to the parent of origin. Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome (AS) are neurobehavioral disorders caused by deficiency of imprinted gene expression from paternal and maternal chromosome 15q11-q13, respectively. Imprinted genes at the PWS/AS domain are regulated through a bipartite imprinting center, the PWS-IC...
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