Methylated DNA and MeCP2 recruit histone deacetylase to repress transcription

Nature Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-191

  Jones, Peter L ^a   Veenstra, Gert Jan C ^a   Wade, Paul A ^a   Vermaak, Danielle ^a   Kass, Stefan U ^b   Landsberger, Nicoletta ^c   Strouboulis, John ^a   Wolffe, Alan P ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

^c Dipto Biol Strutturale Funzionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031837109     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/561     Document Type: Article

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