Unique physical properties and interactions of the domains of methylated DNA binding protein 2

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4395-4410

  Ghosh, Rajarshi P ^a   Nikitina, Tatiana ^a   Horowitz Scherer, Rachel A ^a   Gierasch, Lila M ^a   Uversky, Vladimir N ^b,c   Hite, Kristopher ^d   Hansen, Jeffrey C ^d   Woodcock, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; AUTONOMOUS DNA; BINDING PARTNERS; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; DISORDERED PROTEINS; DNA BINDING; DNA BINDING DOMAIN; DNA METHYLATION PATTERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEIN; FLANKING DOMAINS; FULL-LENGTH PROTEINS; IN-VIVO; INTACT PROTEINS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING; METHYLATED DNA-BINDING DOMAINS; N-TERMINALS; NUCLEOSOMAL ARRAYS; RETT SYNDROME; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SPECIFIC BINDING; TERMINAL PORTIONS;

BELT DRIVES; COMPLEXATION; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEINS;

GENES;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; METHYLATED DNA BINDING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; DNA; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952641629     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi9019753     Document Type: Article

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