"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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| 2009 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Zinc Fingers" by people in Profiles.
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DNA-binding proteins from MBD through ZF to BEN: recognition of cytosine methylation status by one arginine with two conformations. Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Oct 28; 52(19):11442-11454.
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Updated understanding of the protein-DNA recognition code used by C2H2 zinc finger proteins. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2024 Aug; 87:102836.
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Establishment of Murine Pregnancy Requires the Promyelocytic Leukemia Zinc Finger Transcription Factor. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Mar 19; 25(6).
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Neurodevelopmental and other phenotypes recurrently associated with heterozygous BAZ2B loss-of-function variants. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 03; 194(3):e63445.
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Structures of CTCF-DNA complexes including all 11 zinc fingers. Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 09 08; 51(16):8447-8462.
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Allosteric autoregulation of DNA binding via a DNA-mimicking protein domain: a biophysical study of ZNF410-DNA interaction using small angle X-ray scattering. Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 02 28; 51(4):1674-1686.
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Structural basis for transcription factor ZBTB7A recognition of DNA and effects of ZBTB7A somatic mutations that occur in human acute myeloid leukemia. J Biol Chem. 2023 02; 299(2):102885.
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An Integrated Phenotypic and Genotypic Approach Reveals a High-Risk Subtype Association for EBF3 Missense Variants Affecting the Zinc Finger Domain. Ann Neurol. 2022 07; 92(1):138-153.
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Zinc finger protein 277 is an intestinal transit-amplifying cell marker and colon cancer oncogene. JCI Insight. 2022 02 22; 7(4).
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Liquid condensation of reprogramming factor KLF4 with DNA provides a mechanism for chromatin organization. Nat Commun. 2021 09 22; 12(1):5579.