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SUBMITTER: Wawrzik M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2986690 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wawrzik Michaela M Spiess Andrej-Nikolai AN Herrmann Ralf R Buiting Karin K Horsthemke Bernhard B
European journal of human genetics : EJHG 20090527 11
The imprinted domain in human 15q11-q13 is controlled by a bipartite imprinting centre (IC), which overlaps the 5' part of the paternally expressed SNURF-SNRPN gene. We have recently described two novel genes upstream of SNURF-SNRPN (PWRN1 and PWRN2), which are biallelically expressed in the testis. We have now found that PWRN1 represents an alternative 5' part of SNURF-SNRPN, and that its expression in the brain is imprinted. To determine when the locus is activated during spermatogenesis and w ...[more]