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Identification of a silencing element in the human 15q11-q13 imprinting center by using transgenic Drosophila.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Feb 1998
Lyko F, Buiting K, Horsthemke B, Paro R
Abstract excerpt
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome are neurogenetic disorders caused by the lack of a paternal or a maternal contribution from human chromosome 15q11-q13, respectively. Deletions in the transcription unit of the imprinted SNRPN gene have been found in patients who have PWS or Angelman syndrome because of a parental imprint switch failure in this chromosomal domain. It has been suggested that the...
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