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zinc finger

zinc finger noun: a structure characterized by the coordination of one or more zinc ions, found in some proteins, that typically binds to specific sequences of DNA and regulates genes.

Noun

zinc finger (plural zinc fingers)

  1. A structure characterized by the coordination of one or more zinc ions, found in some proteins, that typically binds to specific sequences of DNA and regulates genes.

Forms of zinc finger

pluralzinc fingers

Questions about zinc finger

What does zinc finger mean?
Zinc finger means a structure characterized by the coordination of one or more zinc ions, found in some proteins, that typically binds to specific sequences of DNA and regulates genes.
What part of speech is zinc finger?
Zinc finger is a noun.
What is the plural of zinc finger?
The plural of zinc finger is zinc fingers.

Words near zinc finger in the dictionary

  1. zinc bloom
  2. zinc blooms
  3. zinc carbonate
  4. zinc carbonates
  5. zinc chloride
  6. zinc finger
  7. zinc fingers
  8. zinc green
  9. zinc greens
  10. zinc group
  11. zinc oxide

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