On how mammalian transcription factors recognize methylated DNA

Epigenetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-137

  Buck Koehntop, Bethany A ^a   Defossez, Pierre Antoine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Université Sorbonne Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Kaiso; MBD; Methyl CpG binding proteins; Protein structure; SRA domain; ZFP57; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 57;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 84874350016     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.23632     Document Type: Article

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