MeCP2 and other methyl-CpG binding proteins

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-93

  Jørgensen, Helle Færk ^a   Bird, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; MeCP2; Methyl CpG binding domain; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN MBD1; PROTEIN MBD3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MISMATCH REPAIR; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CPG ISLANDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 0036274998     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.10021     Document Type: Article

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