title: Chromosomal mapping and genomic organization of an evolutionarily conserved zinc finger gene ZNF277.
abstract: A novel C2H2 zinc finger gene, ZNF277, has been localized to human chromosome 7q31.1. The gene is encoded by 12 exons in a genomic fragment of >100 kb between the microsatellite markers D7S523 and D7S471, deleted in a number of malignancies. The predicted open reading frame (ORF) of 438 amino acids shows an overall homology of 50% to the putative ORF F46B6.7 of Caenorhabditis elegans. The presence of a 30-amino-acid coiled-coil domain in both the C. elegans ORF F46B6.7 and ZNF277 is suggestive of functional similarities. ESTs for the murine orthologue ZFP277 are found in early embryonic stem cells, 16-cell stage embryo, and blastocysts. The evolutionary conservation and the expression profile suggest ZNF277 to be a critical regulator of development and differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nagarajan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics*