title: Cloning and characterization of a novel KRAB-domain-containing zinc finger gene (ZNF284L).
abstract: The zinc finger gene (ZNF) family plays an important role in the regulation of transcription. This study reports the cloning and characterization of a novel human zinc finger protein cDNA (ZNF284L) from fetal brain cDNA library. The ZNF284L cDNA is 2223 bp in length encoding a 593-aa polypeptide. The protein contains a KRAB A+b box and eleven C2H2 type zinc finger motifs. ZNF284L gene is mapped to 19q13.2-19q13.3 with 5 exons, and the expression pattern of ZNF284L gene was also examined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The transcripts were detected in the human lung, liver, pancreas, thymus, heart, placenta, spleen, prostate, ovary, small intestine and colon, but in human brain, skeletal muscle, kidney, testis and peripheral blood leukocyte, no expression was detected.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Chaoneng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Zebin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jiayan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhouliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shaohua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Yumin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C517211:ZNF284 protein, human; C422407:ZNF350 protein, human