Research Article

Osteoponin Promoter Controlled by DNA Methylation: Aberrant Methylation in Cloned Porcine Genome

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MS-PCR analysis of OPN promoter. (a) The distribution of CpG sites in the pig OPN promoter. The two arrows indicated the MS-PCR primer sets. (b) The MS-PCR results of OPN promoter in cloned pigs. The arrows represent both existence of methylation and unmethylation DNA element. Br: brain, Ea: ear, He: heart, Li: liver, Lu: lung, Mu: muscle, Pl: placenta, B: blood; S: blood treated with SssI, and W: ddH2O.
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