Biochemical analysis of histone deacetylase-independent transcriptional repression by MeCP2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 7096-7104

  Theisen, Joshua W M ^a,b   Gucwa, James S ^a   Yusufzai, Timur ^c   Khuong, Mai T ^a   Kadonaga, James T ^a  

^a SECTION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MAMMALIAN NEURONS; PREINITIATION COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BIOLOGY;

CYTOSINE; DINUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REPRESSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

CHROMATIN; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84874838646     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.438697     Document Type: Article

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