WormMine

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Intermine data mining platform for C. elegans and related nematodes

GO Term : GO:0008327 methyl-CpG binding GO

Namespace  molecular_function Obsolete  false
Description  Binding to a methylated cytosine/guanine dinucleotide.

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1 Data Sets

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1 Ontology

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10 Parents

Identifier Name Description
GO:0003674 molecular_function A molecular process that can be carried out by the action of a single macromolecular machine, usually via direct physical interactions with other molecular entities. Function in this sense denotes an action, or activity, that a gene product (or a complex) performs.
GO:0036094 small molecule binding Binding to a small molecule, any low molecular weight, monomeric, non-encoded molecule.
GO:0005488 binding The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule.
GO:0003676 nucleic acid binding Binding to a nucleic acid.
GO:1901363 heterocyclic compound binding Binding to heterocyclic compound.
GO:1901265 nucleoside phosphate binding Binding to nucleoside phosphate.
GO:0000166 nucleotide binding Binding to a nucleotide, any compound consisting of a nucleoside that is esterified with (ortho)phosphate or an oligophosphate at any hydroxyl group on the ribose or deoxyribose.
GO:0003677 DNA binding Any molecular function by which a gene product interacts selectively and non-covalently with DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).
GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding Binding to DNA of a specific nucleotide composition, e.g. GC-rich DNA binding, or with a specific sequence motif or type of DNA e.g. promotor binding or rDNA binding.
GO:0008327 methyl-CpG binding Binding to a methylated cytosine/guanine dinucleotide.

9 Relations

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Child Term . Identifier
is_a GO:0043565 GO:0008327
is_a GO:0000166 GO:0008327
is_a GO:0003674 GO:0008327
is_a GO:0003676 GO:0008327
is_a GO:0003677 GO:0008327
is_a GO:0005488 GO:0008327
is_a GO:1901265 GO:0008327
is_a GO:0036094 GO:0008327
is_a GO:1901363 GO:0008327

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