| Literature DB >> 10753780 |
F Sleutels1, D P Barlow, R Lyle.
Abstract
An epigenetic imprinting mechanism that is based on a gamete-specific methylation imprint restricts expression of a subset of mammalian genes to one parental chromosome. Recent results suggest that imprints may act only indirectly to induce monoallelic expression of coding genes. Instead, atypical non-coding RNAs appear to be a primary target of the imprints, and their parental-specific repression correlates with parental-specific expression of linked coding genes.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10753780 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-437x(00)00062-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Genet Dev ISSN: 0959-437X Impact factor: 5.578