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. 2008 May 30;320(5880):1172-3.
doi: 10.1126/science.1159146.

Medicine. Activating a repressor

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Medicine. Activating a repressor

Sonia Cohen et al. Science. .
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figure. A choice for MeCP2
Whether MeCP2 functions as a promoter-specific transcription factor or is involved in coordinating higher-order chromatin structure, both the cellular and molecular context may influence how it modulates transcriptional repression or activation. Neuronal activity may play a central role in determining the transcriptional function of MeCP2.

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