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Zinc finger protein 157
Introduction
Zinc finger protein 157 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZNF157 gene. [1]
Function
Function
This gene product is a likely zinc finger family transcription factor. It contains KRAB-A and KRAB-B domains that act as transcriptional repressors in related proteins, and multiple zinc finger DNA binding motifs and finger linking regions characteristic of the Kruppel family. This gene is part of a gene cluster on chromosome Xp11.23.
Further reading
Further reading
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.