title: A novel human SCAN/(Cys)2(His)2 zinc-finger transcription factor ZNF323 in early human embryonic development.
abstract: The C(2)H(2) zinc-finger motif found in many transcription factors is thought to be important for nucleic acid binding and/or dimerization. Here, we have identified and characterized a novel zinc-finger gene named ZNF323 using degenerate primers from an early human embryo heart cDNA library. The predicted protein contains six different C(2)H(2) type zinc fingers and a SCAN box. ZNF323 maps to chromosome 6p22.1-22.3. The expression levels were different during different development stages of human embryo between 15 and 23 weeks. Northern blot analysis shows that a 3.2-kb transcript specific for ZNF323 was expressed at high levels in the lung, liver, and kidney, while weakly expressed in intestine, brain, muscle, cholecyst, heart, and pancreas. In adult tissues, ZNF323 is expressed at high levels in liver and kidney, weakly in lung, pancreas, brain, placenta, muscle, and heart. Taken together, these results indicate that ZNF323 is a member of the zinc-finger transcription factor family and may be involved in the development of multiple embryonic organs.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hualiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pi
authors.forename: Yongqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chuanbing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Kaimei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Wuzhou
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Zhengfang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Yuequn
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiushan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Mingyao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C464855:ZSCAN31 protein, human