Recruitment of MBD1 to target genes requires sequence-specific interaction of the MBD domain with methylated DNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4620-4634

  Clouaire, Thomas ^a   de las Heras, Jose Ignacio ^a   Merusi, Cara ^a   Stancheva, Irina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MBD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BINDING; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RND2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CPG ISLAND; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; METABOLISM; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION;

CELL LINE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; HELA CELLS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS PROTEIN VMW65; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77955838329     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq228     Document Type: Article

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