Zinc Finger Targeter (ZiFiT): An engineered zinc finger/target site design tool

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL.2, 2007, Pages

  Sander, Jeffry D ^a   Zaback, Peter ^a   Joung, J Keith ^b,c   Voytas, Daniel F ^a   Dobbs, Drena ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 34547605763     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm349     Document Type: Article

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