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  • 131zinc finger protein — any of a class of nucleic acid–binding proteins that also contain one or more zinc binding domains (tandemly repeated, highly conserved stretches of 28 nucleotides). The class is named for the fingerlike secondary and tertiary structures formed …

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  • 132zinc — [[t]zɪŋk[/t]] n. v. zincked zinced [[t]zɪŋkt[/t]] zinck•ing zinc•ing [[t]ˈzɪŋ kɪŋ[/t]] 1) chem. a ductile, bluish white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells Symbol: Zn at. wt.:… …

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