Identification and characterization of a family of mammalian methyl-CpG binding proteins

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 6538-6547

  Hendrich, Brian ^a   Bird, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0031792779     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.11.6538     Document Type: Article

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