Functional characterization of zinc finger proteins

锌指蛋白参与多种生物学过程，如复制、转录调控、RNA加工和翻译控制。总而言之，这些过程代表了控制细胞内基因表达的主要机制。在执行这些功能时，锌指与DNA、RNA和蛋白质相互作用。我们有兴趣了解如何在锌指模体中调节与这种结构不同的分子之间的相互作用。

Zinc finger proteins are involved in such diverse biological processes as replication, transcriptional regulation, RNA processing, and translational control. Together, these processes represent the main mechanisms for controlling the expression of genes within cells. In carrying out these functions, zinc fingers interact with DNA, RNA and proteins. We are interested in understanding how interactions with such structurally diverse molecules can be accommodated within the zinc finger motif.