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Sox-Oct motifs contribute to maintenance of the unmethylated H19 ICR in YAC transgenic mice.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Nov 2013
Sakaguchi Ryuuta, Okamura Eiichi, Matsuzaki Hitomi, Fukamizu Akiyoshi, Tanimoto Keiji
Abstract excerpt
Abnormal methylation at the maternally inherited H19 imprinted control region (H19 ICR) is one of the causative alterations leading to pathogenesis of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS). Recently, it was shown in human BWS patients, as well as mouse cell culture experiments, that Sox-Oct motifs (SOM) in the H19 ICR might play a role in protecting the maternal ICR from de novo DNA methylation. By grafting a mouse...
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