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¥19,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,530,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
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Research Abstract |
We identified two 14q32.2 imprinting centers in the body and the placenta, respectively. The germline-derived primary DLK1-MEG3 intergenic differentially methylated region (IG-DMR) acts as an upstream regulator for the methylation pattern of the postfertilization-derived secondary MEG3-DMR in the body but not in the placenta, and that the IG-DMR and the MEG3-DMR function as imprinting control centers in the placenta and the body, respectively. This is the first study demonstrating an essential long-range imprinting regulatory function for the secondary DMR.
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