Custom DNA-binding proteins come of age: Polydactyl zinc-finger proteins

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 632-637

  Segal, David J ^a   Barbas III, Carlos F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

DNA BINDING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0035712253     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(01)00272-5     Document Type: Review

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