Active repression of methylated genes by the chromosomal protein MBD1

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1394-1406

  Ng, Huck Hui ^a   Jeppesen, Peter ^b   Bird, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; HISTONE H4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DEACETYLATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HELA CELLS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033973587     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.4.1394-1406.2000     Document Type: Article

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