Genomic imprinting of <it>IGF2 </it>in marsupials is methylation dependent

Genomic imprinting of <it>IGF2 </it>in marsupials is methylation dependent

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background-</p> <p>Parent-specific methylation of specific CpG residues is critical to imprinting in eutherian mammals, but its importance to imprinting in marsupials and, thus, the evolutionary origins of the imprinting mechanism have been the subjec...

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Main Authors: Imumorin Ikhide, VandeBerg John L, Gondolphi Christina M, Ferreri Gianni C, Obergfell Craig J, Carone Benjamin R, Lawton Betty R, O'Neill Rachel J, O'Neill Michael J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/205

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