Characterization of the tandem CWCH2 sequence motif: A hallmark of inter-zinc finger interactions

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hatayama, Minoru ^a   Aruga, Jun ^a,b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DATABASE; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; ZINC;

AMOEBA (GENUS); AMOEBOZOA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; METAZOA;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHOANOFLAGELLATE; DICTYOSTELIUM; FUNGUS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHOANOFLAGELLATA; DATABASES, GENETIC; DICTYOSTELIUM; FUNGI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 77649293134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-53     Document Type: Article

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