Single zinc-finger extension: Enhancing transcriptional activity and specificity of three-zinc-finger proteins

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 386, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-99

  Smith, Alexander E F ^a   Farzaneh, Farzin ^a   Ford, Kevin G ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Array extension; DNA binding; Four zinc finger protein; Transactivation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISOME; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

BASE SEQUENCE; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 14944346777     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2005.012     Document Type: Article

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