The solution structure of the domain from MeCP2 that binds to methylated DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1055-1065

  Wakefield, Robert I D ^a   Smith, Brian O ^a   Nan, Xinsheng ^a   Free, Andrew ^a   Soteriou, Alice ^a   Uhrin, Dusan ^a   Bird, Adrian P ^a   Barlow, Paul N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MBD; MeCP2; Methyl cytosine; NMR; Structure

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; LYSINE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033520515     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3023     Document Type: Article

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