A long search for the mechanism by which BRCA1 regulates DNA damage-inducible genes leads to a novel zinc finger protein, ZBRK1.
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MacLachlan, T., El-Deiry, W. Pointing (zinc) fingers at BRCA1 targets. Nat Med 6, 1318–1319 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/82119
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