title: cDNA cloning of a human brain finger protein, BFP/ZNF179, a member of the RING finger protein family.
abstract: The rat bfp/znf179 transcript for a member of the RING finger protein family, is expressed in brain and up-regulated in neural differentiation of P19 embryonic carcinoma cells. Here we report the full-length cDNA structure of human BFP/ZNF179 and its expression profile. The cDNA clone consists of 3082 nucleotides and encodes an open reading frame of a 632-amino acid protein that contains a RING finger domain at its N-terminus, and alanine-rich and glycine-rich domains at its C-terminus. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis of various human tissues indicated that BFP/ZNF179 is predominantly expressed in brain.
authors.affiliation: Genome Research Group, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C109213:ring finger protein, BFP