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Imprinted Segments in the Human Genome: Different Dna Methylation Patterns in the Prader-Willi/Angelman Syndrome Region As Determined by the Genomic Sequencing Method
1 Mar 1997
Abstract excerpt
A deletion of 15q11-q13 and uniparental disomy 15 lead to Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome (PWS) or Angelman syndrome (AS) because this region contains genes expressed exclusively from the paternal (PWS) or maternal (AS) chromosome, respectively. DNA methylation plays a role in the control of imprinted gene expression, but so far only a few 5'-CG-3' dinucleotides within the recognition sites of the methylation...
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