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Linkers made to measure

Members of the family of fungal Zn2Cys6 DNA-binding proteins discriminate between their DNA targets using neither their DNA-binding module, nor their dimerization domain, but primarily through the relatively flexible linker between them.

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Schwabe, J., Rhodes, D. Linkers made to measure. Nat Struct Mol Biol 4, 680–683 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0997-680

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