[Diseases of genetic imprinting in man].

Article

[Diseases of genetic imprinting in man].

Voprosy meditsinskoi khimii - 1 Jan 2000

Puzyrev V P, Nazarenko S A

Abstract excerpt

Genetic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon by which the parental germline confers a sex-specific mark on the some chromosomal regions which provide for monoallelic gene expression in the offspring. This paper examine the relation of genetic imprinting with human diseases. Collection of data o...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Aberrations
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genomic Imprinting
Humans
Phenotype

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