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Characterization of novel parent-specific epigenetic modifications upstream of the imprinted mouse H19 gene.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Nov 1998
Szabó P E, Pfeifer G P, Mann J R
Abstract excerpt
Genomic imprinting results in parent-specific monoallelic expression of a small number of genes in mammals. The identity of imprints is unknown, but much evidence points to a role for DNA methylation. The maternal alleles of the imprinted H19 gene are active and hypomethylated; the paternal alleles are inactive and hypermethylated. Roles for other epigenetic modifications are suggested by allele-specific...
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