… the function of methyl-CpG binding proteins in transcriptional … Finally, we provide a brief
overview of how methyl-CpG … In this review we focus on the methyl-CpG binding proteins and …

… For instance, MeCP2 has the character of a structural component of the chromosome that
ensures long-term silencing of methylated sequences. MBD2/MeCP1, on the other hand, is …

… , this review will focus on methyl CpG binding proteins in animals. … It might also result in
structural effects on nucleosomes … Secondary structures as predicted from the structures of …

… methyl-CpG binding domains (MBDs). Mutations in the MBD protein MeCP2 cause the
neurodevelopmental disease Rett syndrome. We report here the solution structure … of the methyl …

… methyl-CpG-binding proteins: the MBD protein family, Kaiso and Kaiso-like proteins, and SRA
domain proteins. We discuss the structural bases of methyl-CpG … which are components of …

… methylation in vertebrates is important for gene silencing, alterations in chromatin structure
… shared methyl-CpG-binding domains (MBDs). We have determined the solution structure of …

… structures, namely MBD1–mDNA, MBD2–mDNA and MeCP2–mDNA, to examine the mechanism
of methyl-CpG … the energies of its individual components, corresponding to the energy …

… structure has been known for almost two decades. Nevertheless, the molecular link between
methyl … produced depicting chromatin structure as a major component in determining the …

… This chapter summarizes the recent structural and biochemical advances in … components
(histones and DNA) carrying appropriate markers (on the tails of H3 and hemimethylated CpG …

… methyl CpG dinucleotide.(7) The assignment of key residues within the MeCP2 MBD as crucial
for either structural … 400 kDa suggesting it may be a component of a multiprotein complex.(…