Solution structure of the matrix attachment region-binding domain of chicken MeCP2

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3263-3270

  Heitmann, Björn ^a   Maurer, Till ^a   Weitzel, Joachim M ^b   Strätling, Wolf H ^b   Kalbitzer, Hans Robert ^a   Brunner, Eike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chicken methyl CpG binding protein 2 (cMeCP2); MAR binding protein (ARBP); NMR spectroscopy; Protein DNA interaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MATRIX; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETT SYNDROME;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0042769368     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03714.x     Document Type: Article

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