Description
Product Characteristics: This antibody is designed, produced, and is suitable for Cancer, Immunology and Nuclear Signaling research. The human castor zinc finger 1 gene (CASZ1) regulates the production of the castor transcription factor, having increased expression when cells of neural and mesenchymal origin are induced to differentiation. CASZ1 is expressed in a number of human tumors and it localizes to a genomic region frequently lost in tumors of neuroectodermal origin. The CASZ1 gene generates 2 mRNA isoforms hCASZ5 and hCASZ11 that could encode proteins containing 5 or 11 zinc finger motifs, respectively. The proteins may be especially labile. Expect a band at 125 kDa for hCASZ5 and 190 kDa for hCASZ11 in fresh lysates.
Synonyms: CASZ1, Zinc finger protein castor homolog 1, Castor-related protein, Zinc finger protein 693
Target Information: The protein encoded by this gene is a zinc finger transcription factor. The encoded protein may function as a tumor suppressor, and single nucleotide polymorphisms in this gene are associated with blood pressure variation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants that encode different protein isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2012]