Unusual characteristics of the DNA binding domain of epigenetic regulatory protein MeCP2 determine its binding specificity

Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 3379-3391

  Khrapunov, Sergei ^a   Warren, Christopher ^a   Cheng, Huiyong ^a   Berko, Esther R ^a   Greally, John M ^a   Brenowitz, Michael ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELT DRIVES; DIMERS; DNA; PROTEINS;

BINDING SPECIFICITIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEIN; EPIGENETIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR COMPLEXES; NON-SPECIFIC BINDING; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA; SOLUTION CONDITIONS;

BINDING SITES;

DIMER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MONOMER; MONOVALENT CATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA BINDING; EPIGENETICS; ISOTHERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CATIONS, MONOVALENT; CPG ISLANDS; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SALTS; SOLUTIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84901911200     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi500424z     Document Type: Article

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