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Methylation and acetylation modifications associated with ASD. DNA methylation frequently results in transcriptional repression or even gene silence in impacted genes. MECP2 binds to methylated CpG sites in gene promoters and binds to chromatin silencing complexes, inhibiting gene expression; protein modifications and chromatin remodeling in the acetylation group contribute to transcriptional activation or inactivation and chromatin packaging.
