Tight interaction between densely methylated DNA fragments and the Methyl-CpG binding domain of the rat MeCP2 protein attached to a solid support

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1127-1131

  Shiraishi, Masahiko ^a   Sekiguchi, Azumi ^a   Chuu, Ying H ^a   Sekiya, Takao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alu repeat sequence; Methyl CpG binding protein; Methylation

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0032825284     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.141     Document Type: Article

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