imprinted gene

collocation in English

meaningsofimprintandgene

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imprint
noun
uk
/ˈɪm.prɪnt/us
/ˈɪm.prɪnt/
the name of a publisher as it appears on a particular set ...
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gene
noun[C]
uk
/dʒiːn/us
/dʒiːn/
a part of the DNA in a cell that controls the physical development, behaviour, etc. of an individual plant or animal and is passed on from ...
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(Definition ofimprintandgenefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This novelimprintedgeneis expressed exclusively or predominantly from the paternal allele in all tissues examined.
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Since only one of the parental alleles of animprintedgeneis silenced it may be that silencing represents the default state and maternal activation represents the true imprint.
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Dlk1 is animprintedgene, being expressed by the paternal chromosome only.
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Whilst early work emphasised the role of imprinted genes in growth and development, more recent analyses have implicatedimprintedgenefunction in brain and behavioural phenotypes.
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It is animprintedgene, which is paternally expressed.
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Theimprintedgeneis silenced through epigenetic mechanisms.
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It is animprintedgene, which is maternally expressed.
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It is animprintedgene, with monoallelic expression of the paternal allele, which is associated with growth suppression.
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It is animprintedgene, expressed from the maternal allele.
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Even though mouse chromosome 12 (ch12) contains imprinted genes, none of them have been isolated and their putative involvement in placental development is not known.
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Abstracts imprinted genes and has enriched for other known imprinted genes.
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The evidence for the contribution of imprinted genes is summarized in the previous section.
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A characteristic of imprinted genes analysed to date is the presence of allele-specific methylation, a feature that may be used in their identification.
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Imprinted genes are associated with fetal growth and development.
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A comprehensive literature-derived catalogue of imprinted genes and a genome browser provide the essential context.
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Allele-specific expression and total expression levels of imprinted genes during early mouse development : implications for imprinting mechanisms.
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Early nutrition, epigenetic changes at transposons and imprinted genes, and enhanced susceptibility to adult chronic diseases.
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Imprinted genes play an important role in the regulation of fetal growth and development in mammals.
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