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Ninad Walavalkar

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p66α–MBD2 coiled-coil interaction and recruitment of Mi-2 are critical for globin gene silencing by the MBD2–NuRD complex

…, HD Webb, MA Desai, NM Walavalkar… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
… that each protein adopts a regular helical structure to form a canonical anti-parallel coiled-coil
interface with an observed disassociation constant in the low nanomolar region (12.4 nM). …

An intrinsically disordered region of methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 (MBD2) recruits the histone deacetylase core of the NuRD complex

…, JN Scarsdale, NM Walavalkar… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
… CD spectra were collected from 185 to 260 nm (0.5 nm interval, 24 nm/min, 0.1 cm path length…
222 nm at 1C intervals over a temperature range of 10–94C with a heating rate of 1C /min. …

[HTML][HTML] Probing the dynamic distribution of bound states for methylcytosine-binding domains on DNA

JM Cramer, JN Scarsdale, NM Walavalkar… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Although highly homologous to other methylcytosine-binding domain (MBD) proteins, MBD3
does not selectively bind methylated DNA, and thus the functional role of MBD3 remains in …

Universal correction of enzymatic sequence bias reveals molecular signatures of protein/DNA interactions

AL Martins, NM Walavalkar, WD Anderson… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Coupling molecular biology to high-throughput sequencing has revolutionized the study of
biology. Molecular genomics techniques are continually refined to provide higher resolution …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of breast cancer associated variants that modulate transcription factor binding

Y Liu, NM Walavalkar, MG Dozmorov, SS Rich… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have discovered thousands loci associated with
disease risk and quantitative traits, yet most of the variants responsible for risk remain …

[HTML][HTML] Unique features of the anti-parallel, heterodimeric coiled-coil interaction between methyl-cytosine binding domain 2 (MBD2) homologues and GATA zinc …

NM Walavalkar, N Gordon, DC Williams - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2013 - ASBMB
… scanning from 190 to 260 nm with 0.5-nm interval at a scanning speed of 50 nm/min. CD
spectra … the ratio of the observed θ 222 nm to the expected θ 222 nm for 100% helix as given by …

Solution structure and intramolecular exchange of methyl-cytosine binding domain protein 4 (MBD4) on DNA suggests a mechanism to scan for mCpG/TpG …

NM Walavalkar, JM Cramer, WA Buchwald… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Unlike other members of the methyl-cytosine binding domain (MBD) family, MBD4 serves as
a potent DNA glycosylase in DNA mismatch repair specifically targeting m CpG/TpG …

[HTML][HTML] Methylation specific targeting of a chromatin remodeling complex from sponges to humans

…, C Hall, E Siraliev-Perez, NM Walavalkar… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
… at 460 nm and HaloTag® emission was read at 618 nm. Raw values were converted to
milliBRET units (mBU) by taking 1,000 times the ratio of 618 nm emission to 460 nm emission. …

Kinetic networks identify TWIST2 as a key regulatory node in adipogenesis

…, L Wang, B Nguyen, NM Walavalkar… - Genome …, 2023 - genome.cshlp.org
… We stained differentiated adipocytes with Oil Red O and measured absorbance at 540
nm to quantify lipid uptake. Lipid accumulation is a cellular phenotype that acts as a proxy …

[HTML][HTML] Dissecting the structural basis of MEIG1 interaction with PACRG

W Li, NM Walavalkar, WA Buchwald, ME Teves… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
… , AH109 clones co-transformed with indicated pairs of PACRG/pGADT7 and wild-type or
mutant MEIG1/pGBKT7 were cultured in SCM-Leu-Trp medium to optical density (OD) 600 nm –…