Perspectives on zinc finger protein function and evolution - an update
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular Biology Reports
- Vol. 20 (1) , 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00999848
Abstract
Complexity is one of the hallmarks that applies to C2H2 type zinc finger proteins (ZFPs). Structurally distinct clusters of zinc finger modules define an extremely large superfamily of nucleic acid binding proteins with several hundred, perhaps thousands of different members in vertebrates. Recent discoveries have provided new insights into the biochemistry of RNA and DNA recognition, into ZFP evolution and genomic organization, and also into basic aspects of their biological function. However, as much as we have learned, other fundamental questions about ZFP function remain highly enigmatic. This essay is meant to define what we personally feel are important questions, rather than trying to provide a comprehensive, encyclopaedic review.Keywords
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