"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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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 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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The zinc fingers and homeoboxes 2 protein ZHX2 and its interacting proteins regulate upstream pathways in podocyte diseases. Kidney Int. 2020 04; 97(4):753-764.
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Relation of genomic variants for Alzheimer disease dementia to common neuropathologies. Neurology. 2016 Aug 02; 87(5):489-96.
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Arsenic trioxide and thalidomide combination produces multi-lineage hematological responses in myelodysplastic syndromes patients, particularly in those with high pre-therapy EVI1 expression. Leuk Res. 2004 Aug; 28(8):791-803.
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The MDM2 RING-finger domain is required to promote p53 nuclear export. Nat Cell Biol. 2000 Sep; 2(9):569-73.
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Oligomerization is required for p53 to be efficiently ubiquitinated by MDM2. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jun 04; 274(23):16531-5.