MeCP2 recognizes cytosine methylated tri-nucleotide and di-nucleotide sequences to tune transcription in the mammalian brain.

MeCP2 recognizes cytosine methylated tri-nucleotide and di-nucleotide sequences to tune transcription in the mammalian brain.

Mutations in the gene encoding the methyl-CG binding protein MeCP2 cause several neurological disorders including Rett syndrome. The di-nucleotide methyl-CG (mCG) is the classical MeCP2 DNA recognition sequence, but additional methylated sequence targets have been reported. Here we show by in vitro...

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Main Authors: Sabine Lagger, John C Connelly, Gabriele Schweikert, Shaun Webb, Jim Selfridge, Bernard H Ramsahoye, Miao Yu, Chuan He, Guido Sanguinetti, Lawrence C Sowers, Malcolm D Walkinshaw, Adrian Bird
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5446194?pdf=render

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