Essays about: "Alexander Taubert"

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  1. 1. Characterization of DNA binding of the two zinc finger domains of transcription factor zBED6

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Alexander Taubert; [2019]
    Keywords : transcription factor; zinc finger; zBED6;

    Abstract : The zinc finger protein, zBED6, is a transcriptional regulator of IGF2 along with hundreds of other genes relating to development and growth. Studies on the growth of commercially bred pigs discovered a single nucleotide substitution in the third intron of IGF2 which disrupts the binding of zBED6 and is responsible for the three-fold upregulation of IGF2 in skeletal muscle. READ MORE