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Transient establishment of imprinted DNA methylation of transgenic human IC1 sequence in mouse during the preimplantation period.
Human molecular genetics - 21 Jan 2021
Hirakawa Katsuhiko, Matsuzaki Hitomi, Tanimoto Keiji
Abstract excerpt
Monoallelic gene expression at the Igf2/H19 locus is controlled by paternal allele-specific DNA methylation of the imprinting control region (H19 ICR) that is established during spermatogenesis. We demonstrated that the H19 ICR fragment in transgenic mice acquires allele-specific methylation only after fertilization, which is essential for maintaining its allelic methylation during early embryogenesis. We...
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