"Zinc Fingers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D016335
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.570.820.709.275.500.985
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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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| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zinc Fingers" by people in Profiles.
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Pathogenic human variant that dislocates GATA2 zinc fingers disrupts hematopoietic gene expression and signaling networks. J Clin Invest. 2023 04 03; 133(7).
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Twenty-seven ZAD-ZNF genes of Drosophila melanogaster are orthologous to the embryo polarity determining mosquito gene cucoid. PLoS One. 2023; 18(1):e0274716.
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Seesaw conformations of Npl4 in the human p97 complex and the inhibitory mechanism of a disulfiram derivative. Nat Commun. 2021 01 05; 12(1):121.
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Breaking the spatial constraint between neighboring zinc fingers: a new germline mutation in GATA2 deficiency syndrome. Leukemia. 2021 01; 35(1):264-268.
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The octopus genome and the evolution of cephalopod neural and morphological novelties. Nature. 2015 Aug 13; 524(7564):220-4.
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Identification of Ssm1b, a novel modifier of DNA methylation, and its expression during mouse embryogenesis. Development. 2014 May; 141(10):2024-34.
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Inhaled corticosteroid treatment modulates ZNF432 gene variant's effect on bronchodilator response in asthmatics. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Mar; 133(3):723-8.e3.
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Rats are the smart choice: Rationale for a renewed focus on rats in behavioral genetics. Neuropharmacology. 2014 Jan; 76 Pt B:250-8.
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BTB-ZF factors recruit the E3 ligase cullin 3 to regulate lymphoid effector programs. Nature. 2012 Nov 22; 491(7425):618-21.
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The case of the fickle fingers: how the PRDM9 zinc finger protein specifies meiotic recombination hotspots in humans. PLoS Biol. 2011 Dec; 9(12):e1001211.