Fingering nucleic acids: the RNA did it

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作者：

Berg, JM ^{[1
]}

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[1] NIGMS, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

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NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY | 2003年 / 10卷 / 12期

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10.1038/nsb1203-986

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Although zinc fingers are best known to interact with DNA, they can, as in the case of the TFIIIA protein, also interact with RNA. A recent crystal structure reveals that zinc fingers can take advantage of the variability of RNA structure to recognize a particular RNA fragment.

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