Cytogenetic location: Chr.19 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 19:1-58,617,616
The ZNF97 gene encodes a zinc finger protein of the KRAB (Kruppel-associated box) subfamily (Bellefroid et al., 1993). See ZNF91 (603971) for general information on ZNFs.
Using probes derived from a ZNF91 cDNA to screen a pool of human chromosome 19-specific cosmids that had hybridized to a degenerate oligonucleotide corresponding to the H/C link region, Bellefroid et al. (1993) isolated the genes of several distinct ZNF91 subfamily members, including ZNF97. They found that ZNF91-related genes are widely expressed in human tissues, with the highest expression in T-lymphoid cells.
Bellefroid et al. (1993) mapped YAC clones containing ZNF91-related genes by FISH and found that most of these genes, including ZNF97, are clustered in 19p13.1-p12.
Bellefroid, E. J., Marine, J. C., Ried, T., Lecocq, P. J., Riviere, M., Amemiya, C., Poncelet, D. A., Coulie, P. G., de Jong, P., Szpirer, C., Ward, D. C., Martial, J. A. Clustered organization of homologous KRAB zinc-finger genes with enhanced expression in human T lymphoid cells. EMBO J. 12: 1363-1374, 1993. [PubMed: 8467795] [Full Text: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0261-4189&date=1993&volume=12&issue=4&spage=1363]