Comparative study of methyl-CpG-binding domain proteins

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Methylation at CpG dinucleotides in genomic DNA is a fundamental epigenetic mechanism of gene expression control in vertebrates. Proteins with a methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) can bind to single methylated CpGs and most of them are...

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Main Authors: Ropers H Hilger, Roloff Tim C, Nuber Ulrike A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/4/1