ZF-CxxC domain-containing proteins, CpG islands and the chromatin connection

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 727-740

  Long, Hannah K ^a,b   Blackledge, Neil P ^a   Klose, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; CpG island; DNA demethylation; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CXXC FINGER PROTEIN 1; CYSTEINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; MBD1 PROTEIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MLL1 PROTEIN; MLL4 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TEN ELEVEN TRANSLOCATION 1 PROTEIN; TEN ELEVEN TRANSLOCATION 3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CPG ISLAND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HISTONE METHYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84878292464     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20130028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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