Binding Analysis of Methyl-CpG Binding Domain of MeCP2 and Rett Syndrome Mutations

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2706-2715

  Yang, Ye ^a   Kucukkal, Tugba G ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Alexov, Emil ^a   Cao, Weiguo ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CPG ISLAND; ENERGY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; RETT SYNDROME; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 84992222182     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00450     Document Type: Article

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