Expression profile and transcription factor binding site exploration of imprinted genes in human and mouse

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In mammals, imprinted genes are regulated by an epigenetic mechanism that results in parental origin-specific expression. Though allele-specific regulation of imprinted genes has been studied for several individual genes in detail, l...

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Main Authors: Walter Jörn, Kielbasa Szymon, Paulsen Martina, Steinhoff Christine, Vingron Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/144