SPECIFIC DNA-RNA HYBRID BINDING BY ZINC-FINGER PROTEINS

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SHI, YG [1 ]
BERG, JM [1 ]
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[1] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT BIOPHYS & BIOPHYS CHEM, BALTIMORE, MD 21205 USA
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10.1126/science.7536342
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Zinc finger proteins of the Cys(2)His(2) type represent a large class of proteins that have been assumed to function by means of specific interactions with DNA. Experiments motivated by structural characteristics of zinc finger protein-DNA complexes revealed that certain zinc finger proteins bound DNA-RNA hybrids with affinities comparable to or greater than those for DNA duplexes. The interactions between the zinc finger proteins and the DNA-RNA hybrids were dependent on which strand was RNA and were sequence-specific. Thus, interactions with DNA-RNA hybrids should be considered with regard to the biological roles of zinc finger proteins.
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