Zinc Fingers

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Syndromic Neurodevelopmental Disorder Caused by De Novo Variants in EBF3. 
  • A candidate gene for congenital bilateral isolated ptosis identified by molecular analysis of a de novo balanced translocation. 
  • A promoter sequence variant of ZNF750 is linked with familial psoriasis. 
  • A strong candidate for the breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1. 
  • A20 protects mice from lethal radical hepatectomy by promoting hepatocyte proliferation via a p21waf1-dependent mechanism. 
  • ACE2, an activator of yeast metallothionein expression which is homologous to SWI5. 
  • Activating human genes with zinc finger proteins, transcription activator-like effectors and CRISPR/Cas9 for gene therapy and regenerative medicine. 
  • Adaptive evolution drives the diversification of zinc-finger binding domains. 
  • Adult patients with de novo acute myeloid leukemia and t(9; 11)(p22; q23) have a superior outcome to patients with other translocations involving band 11q23: a cancer and leukemia group B study. 
  • Alzheimer's Disease Risk Polymorphisms Regulate Gene Expression in the ZCWPW1 and the CELF1 Loci. 
  • Amino acid requirements of the nucleocapsid protein of HIV-1 for increasing catalytic activity of a Ki-ras ribozyme in vitro. 
  • An engineered vascular endothelial growth factor-activating transcription factor induces therapeutic angiogenesis in ApoE knockout mice with hindlimb ischemia. 
  • An inhibitory region of the DNA-binding domain of thyroid hormone receptor blocks hormone-dependent transactivation. 
  • Analysis of novel and recurrent mutations responsible for the tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndromes. 
  • Binding and signaling of surface-immobilized reagentless fluorescent biosensors derived from periplasmic binding proteins. 
  • Calcineurin target CrzA regulates conidial germination, hyphal growth, and pathogenesis of Aspergillus fumigatus. 
  • Characteristics of the interaction of a synthetic human tristetraprolin tandem zinc finger peptide with AU-rich element-containing RNA substrates. 
  • Characterization of a cholesterol response element (CRE) in the promoter of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene: functional role of the transcription factors SREBP-1a, -2, and YY1. 
  • Characterization of a zinc finger DNA-binding protein expressed specifically in Petunia petals and seedlings. 
  • Cloning and characterization of two yeast genes encoding members of the CCCH class of zinc finger proteins: zinc finger-mediated impairment of cell growth. 
  • Conformational and nucleic acid binding studies on the synthetic nucleocapsid protein of HIV-1. 
  • Correction of dystrophin expression in cells from Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients through genomic excision of exon 51 by zinc finger nucleases. 
  • Dimerization and ubiquitin mediated recruitment of A20, a complex deubiquitinating enzyme. 
  • Directed evolution of recombinase specificity by split gene reassembly. 
  • Distinct mesodermal signals, including BMPs from the septum transversum mesenchyme, are required in combination for hepatogenesis from the endoderm. 
  • Domain-specific antibodies reveal multiple-site topology of Nup153 within the nuclear pore complex. 
  • Duplicated zinc finger protein genes on the proximal short arm of the human X chromosome: isolation, characterization and X-inactivation studies. 
  • Enabling functional genomics with genome engineering. 
  • Engineered zinc finger-activating vascular endothelial growth factor transcription factor plasmid DNA induces therapeutic angiogenesis in rabbits with hindlimb ischemia. 
  • Engineering Delivery Vehicles for Genome Editing. 
  • Erythroid transcription factor NF-E2 coordinates hemoglobin synthesis. 
  • Erythroid transcription factor NF-E2 is a haematopoietic-specific basic-leucine zipper protein. 
  • Evidence for the involvement of the Gli gene family in embryonic mouse lung development. 
  • GRHL2 coordinates regeneration of a polarized mucociliary epithelium from basal stem cells. 
  • Gene targeting to the ROSA26 locus directed by engineered zinc finger nucleases. 
  • Genetic Complexity of Mitral Valve Prolapse Revealed by Clinical and Genetic Evaluation of a Large Family. 
  • Genome engineering: the next genomic revolution. 
  • Highly active zinc-finger nucleases by extended modular assembly. 
  • Human MafG is a functional partner for p45 NF-E2 in activating globin gene expression. 
  • Identification of a novel human zinc finger protein that specifically interacts with the activation domain of lentiviral Tat proteins. 
  • In Vivo Zinc Finger Nuclease-mediated Targeted Integration of a Glucose-6-phosphatase Transgene Promotes Survival in Mice With Glycogen Storage Disease Type IA. 
  • In mice with type 2 diabetes, a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-activating transcription factor modulates VEGF signaling and induces therapeutic angiogenesis after hindlimb ischemia. 
  • Intrinsic disorder within and flanking the DNA-binding domains of human transcription factors. 
  • Joubert syndrome: a haplotype segregation strategy and exclusion of the zinc finger protein of cerebellum 1 (ZIC1) gene. 
  • LKLF: A transcriptional regulator of single-positive T cell quiescence and survival. 
  • LRRK2 mutations cause mitochondrial DNA damage in iPSC-derived neural cells from Parkinson's disease patients: reversal by gene correction. 
  • Light-inducible gene regulation with engineered zinc finger proteins. 
  • Light-inducible spatiotemporal control of gene activation by customizable zinc finger transcription factors. 
  • Mitogens stimulate the rapid nuclear to cytosolic translocation of tristetraprolin, a potential zinc-finger transcription factor. 
  • Molecular and clinical analyses of Greig cephalopolysyndactyly and Pallister-Hall syndromes: robust phenotype prediction from the type and position of GLI3 mutations. 
  • Mutational spectrum of the ZEB1 gene in corneal dystrophies supports a genotype-phenotype correlation. 
  • Nuclear protein CBP is a coactivator for the transcription factor CREB. 
  • Orthogonal site-specific protein modification by engineering reversible thiol protection mechanisms. 
  • Parallel pathways of gene regulation: homologous regulators SWI5 and ACE2 differentially control transcription of HO and chitinase. 
  • Phosphorylation of tristetraprolin, a potential zinc finger transcription factor, by mitogen stimulation in intact cells and by mitogen-activated protein kinase in vitro. 
  • Promoter analysis of Zfp-36, the mitogen-inducible gene encoding the zinc finger protein tristetraprolin. 
  • Proprietary science, open science and the role of patent disclosure: the case of zinc-finger proteins. 
  • Replication factors MCM2 and ORC1 interact with the histone acetyltransferase HBO1. 
  • Repurposing an endogenous degradation system for rapid and targeted depletion of C. elegans proteins. 
  • Restricted expression of WT1 messenger ribonucleic acid in immature ovarian follicles: uniformity in mammalian and avian species and maintenance during reproductive senescence. 
  • Signatures of protein-DNA recognition in free DNA binding sites. 
  • Solution structure of the Ubp-M BUZ domain, a highly specific protein module that recognizes the C-terminal tail of free ubiquitin. 
  • Structure of the ubiquitin-binding zinc finger domain of human DNA Y-polymerase eta. 
  • Study of a US cohort supports the role of ZNF644 and high-grade myopia susceptibility. 
  • Synthesis of programmable integrases. 
  • Synthetic zinc finger proteins: the advent of targeted gene regulation and genome modification technologies. 
  • Targeted plasmid integration into the human genome by an engineered zinc-finger recombinase. 
  • The COPI complex functions in nuclear envelope breakdown and is recruited by the nucleoporin Nup153. 
  • The GIT family of proteins forms multimers and associates with the presynaptic cytomatrix protein Piccolo. 
  • The HDAC complex and cytoskeleton. 
  • The mouse Mid1 gene: implications for the pathogenesis of Opitz syndrome and the evolution of the mammalian pseudoautosomal region. 
  • The transcriptional integrator CREB-binding protein mediates positive cross talk between nuclear hormone receptors and the hematopoietic bZip protein p45/NF-E2. 
  • The ubiquitous subunit of erythroid transcription factor NF-E2 is a small basic-leucine zipper protein related to the v-maf oncogene. 
  • The unusual UBZ domain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae polymerase η. 
  • The zinc finger cluster domain of RanBP2 is a specific docking site for the nuclear export factor, exportin-1. 
  • Transcription factors Mat2 and Znf2 operate cellular circuits orchestrating opposite- and same-sex mating in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • ZFN, TALEN, and CRISPR/Cas-based methods for genome engineering. 
  • Zinc finger binding motifs do not explain recombination rate variation within or between species of Drosophila. 
  • Zinc finger protein binding to DNA: an energy perspective using molecular dynamics simulation and free energy calculations on mutants of both zinc finger domains and their specific DNA bases. 
  • p45 NF-E2 regulates expression of thromboxane synthase in megakaryocytes. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Hartemink, Alexander J., Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Biology
  • Hogan, Brigid L. M., George Barth Geller Professor, Cell Biology
  • Steinbach, William J., Professor of Pediatrics, Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • Taylor, Gregory Alan, Associate Professor in Medicine, Immunology