PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jadiel A. Wasson
AU  - Onur Birol
AU  - David J. Katz
TI  - A Resource for the Allele-Specific Analysis of DNA Methylation at Multiple Genomically Imprinted Loci in Mice
AID  - 10.1101/163832
DP  - 2017 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 163832
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/07/15/163832.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/07/15/163832.full
AB  - Genomically imprinted loci are expressed mono-allelically dependent upon the parent of origin. Their regulation not only illuminates how chromatin regulates gene expression but also how chromatin can be reprogrammed every generation. Because of their distinct parent of origin regulation, analysis of imprinted loci can be difficult. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are required to accurately assess these elements allele-specifically. However, publicly available SNP databases lack robust verification, making analysis of imprinting difficult. In addition, the allele-specific imprinting assays that have been developed employ different mouse strains, making it difficult to systemically analyze these loci. Here, we have generated a resource that will allow the allele-specific analysis of many significant imprinted loci in a single hybrid strain of Mus musculus. This resource includes verification of SNPs present within ten of the most widely used imprinting control regions and allele-specific DNA methylation assays for each gene in a C57BL/6J and CAST/EiJ hybrid strain background.