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Title: What is the structure and function of a zinc finger protein motif?
Post by: rahrah23 on Feb 12, 2018
What is the structure and function of a zinc finger protein motif?
 
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Title: What is the structure and function of a zinc finger protein motif?
Post by: isabellafj on Feb 12, 2018
Ans: A zinc finger motif is a DNA-binding domain that is found in many transcription factors. Each zinc finger is a loop of 23 amino acids extending from a site that binds Zn++. The motif usually has several zinc fingers.