Solution structure of the methyl-CpG-binding domain of the methylation-dependent transcriptional repressor MBD1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 6653-6661

  Ohki, Izuru ^a   Shimotake, Nobuya ^a   Fujita, Naoyuki ^b   Nakao, Mitsuyoshi ^b   Shirakawa, Masahiro ^c  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Methyl CpG binding domain; NMR; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA METHYLATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033486062     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.23.6653     Document Type: Article

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