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Loss of inherited genomic imprints in mice leads to severe disruption in placental lipid metabolism.
Placenta - 1 Apr 2015
Himes K P, Young A, Koppes E, Stolz D, Barak Y, Sadovsky Y, Chaillet J R
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INTRODUCTION: Monoallelic expression of imprinted genes is necessary for placental development and normal fetal growth. Differentially methylated domains (DMDs) largely determine the parental-specific monoallelic expression of imprinted genes. Maternally derived DNA (cytosine-5-) -methyltransferase 1o (DNMT1o) maintains DMDs during the eight-cell stage of development. DNMT1o-deficient mouse placentas have a...
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