基因组印记
印记(心理学)
生物
表观遗传学
遗传学
等位基因
基因
DNA甲基化
基因表达
作者
Derek Lim,Eamonn R. Maher
出处
期刊:Advances in Genetics
日期:2010-01-01
卷期号:: 145-175
被引量:111
标识
DOI:10.1016/b978-0-12-380866-0.60006-x
摘要
Genomic imprinting represents a form of epigenetic control of gene expression in which one allele of a gene is preferentially expressed according to the parent-of-origin of the allele. Genomic imprinting plays an important role in normal growth and development. Disruption of imprinting can result in a number of human imprinting syndromes and predispose to cancer. In this chapter, we describe a number of human imprinting syndromes to illustrate the concepts of genomic imprinting and how loss of imprinting of imprinted genes their relationship to human neoplasia.
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