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The complex binding of PRDM9

Laure Ségurel

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Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

Genome Biology 2013, 14:112 doi:10.1186/gb-2013-14-4-112

Published: 24 April 2013

Abstract

A recent study investigates the in vitro DNA binding behavior of PRDM9, a zinc finger protein involved in the localization of recombination hotspots in mammals.

Please see related research article: http://genomebiology.com/2013/14/4/R35 webcite

Keywords:
DNA binding; hotspots; meiotic recombination; PRDM9; zinc finger