Imprinting of the mouse Igf2r gene depends on an intronic CpG island.

doi:10.1016/s0303-7207(98)00022-7

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Imprinting of the mouse Igf2r gene depends on an intronic CpG island.

Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 25 May 1998

Wutz A, Barlow D P

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Gametic imprinting is a developmental process that uses cis-acting epigenetic mechanisms to induce parental-specific expression in autosomal and X-linked genes. From the limited knowledge we have of imprinted genes it seems clear that they play a role in regulating the growth and development of t...

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Alleles
Animals
CpG Islands
DNA Methylation
Female
Gene Expression Regulation
Genomic Imprinting
Insulin-Like Growth Factor II
Introns
Male
Mice

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