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Zinc finger definition

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A domain, found in certain DNA-binding proteins, comprising a helix-loop structure in which a zinc ion is coordinated to 2 - 4 cysteine sulfurs, the remaining ligands being histidines. In many proteins of this type the domain is repeated several times.


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