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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
We have studied the mechanism by which DNA methylation inhibits transcription both in cell-free nuclear extracts and in the living cell. Repression of transcription in vitro for four different promoters was shown to be an indirect effect. The mediator of repression had properties indistinguishable from those of a methyl-CpG binding protein (MeCP-1) that has been previously identified. Use of differentially methylated promoters and methylated competitors in transient transfection assays suggested that indirect repression via MeCP-1 also occurs in the living cell. This was supported by the fact that MeCP-1-deficient cells showed much reduced repression of methylated genes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1123-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
DNA methylation inhibits transcription indirectly via a methyl-CpG binding protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Institute for Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article