 Zinc Fingers
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Motifs in DNA- and RNA-binding proteins whose amino acids are folded into a single structural unit around a zinc atom. In the classic zinc finger, one zinc atom is bound to two cysteines and two histidines. In between the cysteines and histidines are 12 residues which form a DNA binding fingertip. By variations in the composition of the sequences in the fingertip and the number and spacing of tandem repeats of the motif, zinc fingers can form a large number of different sequence specific binding sites.
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D016335
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.570.820.709.600.040.985
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| Concept/Terms |
Zinc Fingers- Zinc Fingers
- Finger, Zinc
- Fingers, Zinc
- Zinc Finger
- Zinc Finger Motifs
- Motif, Zinc Finger
- Motifs, Zinc Finger
- Zinc Finger Motif
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zinc Fingers" by people in Profiles.
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Rumi MA, Dhakal P, Kubota K, Chakraborty D, Lei T, Larson MA, Wolfe MW, Roby KF, Vivian JL, Soares MJ. Generation of Esr1-knockout rats using zinc finger nuclease-mediated genome editing. Endocrinology. 2014 May; 155(5):1991-9.
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Heruth DP, Hawkins T, Logsdon DP, Gibson MI, Sokolovsky IV, Nsumu NN, Major SL, Fegley B, Woods GM, Lewing KB, Neville KA, Cornetta K, Peterson KR, White RA. Mutation in erythroid specific transcription factor KLF1 causes Hereditary Spherocytosis in the Nan hemolytic anemia mouse model. Genomics. 2010 Nov; 96(5):303-7.
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Kimura H, Stephen D, Joyner A, Curran T. Gli1 is important for medulloblastoma formation in Ptc1+/- mice. Oncogene. 2005 Jun 09; 24(25):4026-36.
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Sadovsky Y, Crawford PA, Woodson KG, Polish JA, Clements MA, Tourtellotte LM, Simburger K, Milbrandt J. Mice deficient in the orphan receptor steroidogenic factor 1 lack adrenal glands and gonads but express P450 side-chain-cleavage enzyme in the placenta and have normal embryonic serum levels of corticosteroids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Nov 21; 92(24):10939-43.
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Kerppola TK, Luk D, Curran T. Fos is a preferential target of glucocorticoid receptor inhibition of AP-1 activity in vitro. Mol Cell Biol. 1993 Jun; 13(6):3782-91.
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Rauscher FJ, Morris JF, Tournay OE, Cook DM, Curran T. Binding of the Wilms' tumor locus zinc finger protein to the EGR-1 consensus sequence. Science. 1990 Nov 30; 250(4985):1259-62.
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