Methylated DNA and MeCP2 recruit histone deacetylase to repress transcription

5′ CpG island methylation is associated with transcriptional silencing of the tumour suppressor p16/CDKN2/MTS1 in human cancers

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Role for DNA methylation in genomic imprinting

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MeCP2 Is a Transcriptional Repressor with Abundant Binding Sites in Genomic Chromatin

Xinsheng Nan, Francisco J. Campoy, Adrian Bird · Cell · 1997 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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