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1Wellcome/CRC Institute, University of Cambridge, UK.
Abstract:
Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic marking process that confers parent-of-origin-dependent expression on certain genes. These imprinted genes are sometimes found in clusters, suggesting a possible involvement of higher order regulatory elements controlling expression and imprinting of genes organised in such clusters. In the distal chromosome 7 there are at least four imprinted genes: Mash2, Ins2, Igf2 and H19. Recent evidence suggests that imprinting and expression of at least Igf2 and H19 may be mechanistically linked.
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