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SUBMITTER: Lyst MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3786392 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lyst Matthew J MJ Ekiert Robert R Ebert Daniel H DH Merusi Cara C Nowak Jakub J Selfridge Jim J Guy Jacky J Kastan Nathaniel R NR Robinson Nathaniel D ND de Lima Alves Flavia F Rappsilber Juri J Greenberg Michael E ME Bird Adrian A
Nature neuroscience 20130616 7
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurological disorder that is caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene. Many missense mutations causing RTT are clustered in the DNA-binding domain of MeCP2, suggesting that association with chromatin is critical for its function. We identified a second mutational cluster in a previously uncharacterized region of MeCP2. We found that RTT mutations in this region abolished the interaction between MeCP2 and the NCoR/SMRT co-repressor complexes. Mice bearing a common mi ...[more]