Methyl-CpG-Binding Domain Proteins: Readers of the Epigenome

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In silico prediction and interaction of resveratrol on methyl-CpG binding proteins by molecular docking and MD simulations study

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DNA methylation modification in Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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Crystal structure of human nucleosome core particle containing enzymatically introduced CpG methylation

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Epigenetic Mechanisms of Resveratrol and Its Analogs in Cancer Prevention and Treatment

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DNA looping by two 5-methylcytosine-binding proteins quantified using nanofluidic devices

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Epigenetics of Primary Biliary Cholangitis

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CpG Site-Specific Regulation of Metallothionein-1 Gene Expression

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The methyl‐CpG ‐binding domain family member PEM1 is essential for Ubisch body formation and pollen exine development in rice

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Epigenetic interplay at the β-globin locus

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Epigenetic Landscape of DNA Methylation in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

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Systems biology of Alzheimer’s Disease: a scoping review of key pathways and mechanisms

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Less Severe Polymicrobial Sepsis in Conditional mgmt-Deleted Mice Using LysM-Cre System, Impacts of DNA Methylation and MGMT Inhibitor in Sepsis

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Differential usage of DNA modifications in neurons, astrocytes, and microglia

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Zebrafish Mbd5 binds to RNA m5C and regulates histone deubiquitylation and gene expression in development metabolism and behavior

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Fundamentals of DNA methylation in development

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Interplay between Histone and DNA Methylation Seen through Comparative Methylomes in Rare Mendelian Disorders

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High fat diet-induced- and genetically inherited- obesity differential alters DNA demethylation pathways in the germline of adult male rats

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Phenotypic plasticity in the monoclonal marbled crayfish is associated with very low genetic diversity but pronounced epigenetic diversity

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CpG Islands: A Historical Perspective

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Complete, Programmable Decoding of Oxidized 5-Methylcytosine Nucleobases in DNA by Chemoselective Blockage of Universal Transcription-Activator-Like Effector Repeats

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Targeted Epigenetic Interventions in Cancer with an Emphasis on Pediatric Malignancies

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Epigenetic aging in major depressive disorder: Clocks, mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives

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Multi-layered heterochromatin interaction as a switch for DIM2-mediated DNA methylation

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Androgen Plays a Potential Novel Hormonal Therapeutic Role in Th17 Cells Predominant Neutrophilic Severe Asthma by Attenuating BECs Regulated Th17 Cells Differentiation via MBD2 Expression

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Epigenetic CpG duplex marks probed by an evolved DNA reader via a well-tempered conformational plasticity

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High Resolution Imaging of DNA Methylation Dynamics using a Zebrafish Reporter

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Identification of Novel MeCP2 Cancer-Associated Target Genes and Post-Translational Modifications

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Leveraging epigenetic alterations in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma for clinical applications

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Programmable Protein–DNA Cross-Linking for the Direct Capture and Quantification of 5-Formylcytosine

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Expression and clinical significance of methyl‑CpG binding domain protein 2 in high‑grade serous ovarian cancer

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Genome-Wide DNA Methylation and LncRNA-Associated DNA Methylation in Metformin-Treated and -Untreated Diabetes

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Methyl-CpG-Binding Domain Protein 3 Promotes Seizures by Recruiting Methyltransferase DNMT1 to Enhance TREM2 Methylation

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Breakers and amplifiers in chromatin circuitry: acetylation and ubiquitination control the heterochromatin machinery

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A novel mutation R190H in the AT-hook 1 domain of MeCP2 identified in an atypical Rett syndrome

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The C-terminal D/E-rich domain of MBD3 is a putative Z-DNA mimic that competes for Zα DNA-binding activity

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Epigenomic Remodeling in Huntington’s Disease—Master or Servant?

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The Epigenetics Orchestra of Notch Signaling: A Symphony for Cancer Therapy

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Structural and Functional Studies on Key Epigenetic Regulators in Asthma

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Overcoming conservation in TALE–DNA interactions: a minimal repeat scaffold enables selective recognition of an oxidized 5-methylcytosine

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Leukocyte-specific DNA methylation biomarkers and their implication for pathological epigenetic analysis

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Computational discovery of novel inhibitory candidates targeting versatile transcriptional repressor MBD2

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Thymoquinone upregulates IL17RD in controlling the growth and metastasis of triple negative breast cancer cells in vitro

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MBD3 as a Potential Biomarker for Colon Cancer: Implications for Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Pathways

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Electrochemical and Optical Biosensing Strategies for DNA Methylation Analysis

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Epigenetic dysregulation in pancreatic cancer: emerging biomarkers and clinical applications

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Immunomodulatory actions and epigenetic alterations induced by proteases from Bothrops snake venoms in human immune cells

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TALEored Epigenetics: A DNA‐Binding Scaffold for Programmable Epigenome Editing and Analysis

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Fetal Membrane Epigenetics

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Methyl-CpG Binding Protein 2 as a Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Marker Facilitates Glioma Progression Through Activation of Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway

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Epigenetics and Phenotypic Plasticity in Animals

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Aberrant DNA Methylation, Expression, and Occurrence of Transcript Variants of the ABC Transporter ABCA7 in Breast Cancer

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Evolution, Functions and Dynamics of Epigenetic Mechanisms in Animals

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A new target for fetal hemoglobin reactivation

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Structural studies of WDR5 in complex with MBD3C WIN motif reveal a unique binding mode

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MBD2 regulates the progression and chemoresistance of cholangiocarcinoma through interaction with WDR5

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CUL4-Based Ubiquitin Ligases in Chromatin Regulation: An Evolutionary Perspective

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The Expression of MBD6 Is Associated with Tumor Size in Uterine Leiomyomas

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MBD5 regulates NMDA receptor expression and seizures by inhibiting Stat1 transcription

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Photophysics of a nucleic acid–protein crosslinking model strongly depends on solvation dynamics: an experimental and theoretical study

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DNA Methylation Machinery in Gastropod Mollusks

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Detection of dual-methylated BRCA1/BRCA2 cell-free DNA for ovarian cancer on an aptamer-based integrated microfluidic system

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N6-methyladenosine reader YTHDF2 in cell state transition and antitumor immunity

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iTRAQ-based chromatin proteomic screen reveals CHD4-dependent recruitment of MBD2 to sites of DNA damage

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MBD3 expression and DNA binding patterns are altered in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy

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Could Changing the DNA Methylation Landscape Promote the Destruction of Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Cancers?

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Common mechanisms cannot explain time- and dose-dependent DNA methylation changes in earthworms exposed to cadmium

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Nanoscale Force-Mapping-Based Quantification of Low-Abundance Methylated DNA

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Exploration of the Potential Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms of DNA Methyltransferases and MBD Genes in Petunia Anther Development and Multi-Stress Responses

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Increased Methyl-CpG-Binding Domain Protein 2 Promotes Cigarette Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension

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A prelude to the proximity interaction mapping of CXXC5

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Structural Insights into Methylated DNA Recognition by the Methyl-CpG Binding Domain of MBD6 from Arabidopsis thaliana

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In praise of mealybugs

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The role of lncRNAs in the interplay of signaling pathways and epigenetic mechanisms in glioma

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Epigenetic modifications in drug‐induced liver injury: A systematic review

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Beyond Structure: Methylation Fine‐Tunes Stability and Folding Kinetics of bcl2Mid G‐Quadruplex

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Ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS): a crucial determinant of the epigenetic landscape in cancer

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Uncovering the Molecular Interactions Underlying MBD2 and MBD3 Phase Separation

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The role of MBD2 in immune cell development, function, and autoimmune diseases

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A paradigm for post‐embryonic Oct4 re‐expression: E7‐induced hydroxymethylation regulates Oct4 expression in cervical cancer

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Toward a base-resolution panorama of the in vivo impact of cytosine methylation on transcription factor binding

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