CpG methylation of a silent controlling element in the murine Avy allele is incomplete and unresponsive to methyl donor supplementation.

The viable yellow allele of agouti (A(vy)) is remarkable for its unstable and partially heritable epigenetic state, which produces wide variation in phenotypes of isogenic mice. In the A(vy) allele an inserted intracisternal A particle (IAP) acts as a controlling element which deregulates expression...

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Main Authors: Jennifer E Cropley, Catherine M Suter, Kenneth B Beckman, David I K Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2816220?pdf=render