title: Multiple roles for DNA methylation in gametic imprinting.
abstract: Allele-specific DNA methylation has been observed for all tested imprinted genes and has a clear role in the imprinting mechanism. It remains to be resolved whether this role is to act as the gametic imprinting signal or to cause or maintain allele-specific expression.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Barlow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D018392:Genomic Imprinting / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000235:genetics*; D008745:Methylation
chemical_list: D004247:DNA