Usually means: Protein motif binding DNA, RNA.
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  1. zinc finger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. zinc-finger: Wordnik
  3. zinc finger: Wiktionary
  4. zinc finger: Dictionary.com
  5. Zinc-finger, Zinc finger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Zinc-finger, zinc finger: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. zinc finger: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Zinc finger: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. Molecular Biology Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Zinc-finger, zinc finger: Medical dictionary
  6. Zinc finger: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. zinc finger: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

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  1. Zinc Finger: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (zinc finger)

noun:  (biochemistry, genetics) 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.

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