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Genetic variants within the second intron of the KCNQ1 gene affect CTCF binding and confer a risk of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome upon maternal transmission.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2014
Demars Julie, Shmela Mansur Ennuri, Khan Abdul Waheed, Lee Kai Syin, Azzi Salah, Dehais Patrice, Netchine Irène, Rossignol Sylvie, Le Bouc Yves, El-Osta Assam, Gicquel Christine
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BACKGROUND: Disruption of 11p15 imprinting results in two fetal growth disorders with opposite phenotypes: the Beckwith-Wiedemann (BWS; MIM 130650) and the Silver-Russell (SRS; MIM 180860) syndromes. DNA methylation defects account for 60% of BWS and SRS cases and, in most cases, occur without an...
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