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zinc finger

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zinc finger [¦ziŋk ¦fiŋ·gər]
(biochemistry)
A small structural domain that is organized around a zinc ion and is found in many gene-regulatory proteins.


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For the study, the researchers created a customized enzyme called a zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) to change single genes in tobacco plant cells.
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