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Zinc Fingers

Known as: Finger, Zinc, Motif, Zinc Finger, Fingers, Zinc 
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… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Expression of the zinc finger transcription factor zDC (Zbtb46, Btbd4) defines the classical dendritic cell lineage
The zinc finger transcription factor zDC is uniquely expressed by the cDC lineage among immune cells, and the insertion of… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Poly(ADP-ribose)-binding zinc finger motifs in DNA repair/checkpoint proteins
Post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins plays an important part in mediating protein interactions and/or the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Neuronal Expression of Zinc Finger Transcription Factor REST/NRSF/XBR Gene
The identification of a common cis-acting silencer element, a neuron-restrictive silencer element (NRSE), in multiple neuron… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Toward controlling gene expression at will: specific regulation of the erbB-2/HER-2 promoter by using polydactyl zinc finger proteins constructed from modular building blocks.
To create a universal system for the control of gene expression, we have studied methods for the construction of novel polydactyl… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae zinc finger proteins Msn2p and Msn4p are required for transcriptional induction through the stress response element (STRE).
The MSN2 and MSN4 genes encode homologous and functionally redundant Cys2His2 zinc finger proteins. A disruption of both MSN2 and… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Zinc finger‐mediated protein interactions modulate Ikaros activity, a molecular control of lymphocyte development.
The Ikaros gene, an essential regulator of lymphocyte differentiation, encodes, by means of differential splicing, protein… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Msn2p, a zinc finger DNA-binding protein, is the transcriptional activator of the multistress response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
The stress response promoter element (STRE) confers increased transcription to a set of genes following environmental or… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Zinc fingers
The term zinc finger was first used to describe a 30‐residue, repeated sequence motif found in an unusually abundant Xenopus… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Control of cell behavior during vertebrate development by Slug, a zinc finger gene.
Slug, a vertebrate gene encoding a zinc finger protein of the Snail family, is expressed in the neural crest and in mesodermal… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A zinc finger-encoding gene coregulated with c-fos during growth and differentiation, and after cellular depolarization
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