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Epigenetic and genetic alterations of the imprinting disorder Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and related disorders.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2013
Soejima Hidenobu, Higashimoto Ken
Abstract excerpt
Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that leads to parent-specific differential expression of a subset of genes. Most imprinted genes form clusters, or imprinting domains, and are regulated by imprinting control regions. As imprinted genes have an important role in growth and development, aberrant expression of imprinted genes due to genetic or epigenetic abnormalities is involved in the pathogenesis of...
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