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Neuronal differentiation of neural precursor cells is promoted by the methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2

Keita Tsujimura, Masahiko Abematsu, Jun Kohyama, Masakazu Namihira, Kinichi Nakashima

Experimental Neurology · 2009 · 95 citations · 48 references

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Rett syndrome is caused by mutations in X-linked MECP2, encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2

Ruthie E. Amir, Ignatia B. Van den Veyver, Mimi Wan et al. · Nature Genetics · 1999 · 5K citations

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Transcriptional repression by the methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 involves a histone deacetylase complex

Xinsheng Nan, Huck‐Hui Ng, Colin A. Johnson et al. · Nature · 1998 · 3.4K citations

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Methylated DNA and MeCP2 recruit histone deacetylase to repress transcription

Peter Lloyd Jones, Gert Jan C. Veenstra, Paul A. Wade et al. · Nature Genetics · 1998 · 2.7K citations

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Identification of a Neural Stem Cell in the Adult Mammalian Central Nervous System

Clas B. Johansson, Stefan Momma, Diana L. Clarke et al. · Cell · 1999 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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MeCP2, a Key Contributor to Neurological Disease, Activates and Represses Transcription

Maria H. Chahrour, Sung Yun Jung, Chad A. Shaw et al. · Science · 2008 · 1.8K citations

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