Genomic imprinting - is an epigenetic mechanism of homologous gene expression regulation, depending on their parent-of-origin. The present review is focused on pathologies, heritable diseases and syndromes, caused by disruption of imprinting resulted from hemizygosity of imprinted genes, uniparental disomies and epigenetic disorders.
Original language | Russian |
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Pages (from-to) | 73-80 |
Journal | ЖУРНАЛ АКУШЕРСТВА И ЖЕНСКИХ БОЛЕЗНЕЙ |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
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