ZSCAN4 antibody
Principal name
ZSCAN4 antibody
Alternative names for ZSCAN4 antibody
ZNF494, Zinc finger protein 494, Zinc finger and SCAN domain-containing protein 4
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SwissProt ID
Q8NAM6 (Human)
Gene ID
201516 (ZSCAN4)
Ncbi ID
Available reactivities
Available hosts
Available applications
Enzyme Immunoassay (E), ELISA (detection) (E(detection)), Western blot / Immunoblot (WB), Paraffin Sections (P), Frozen Sections (C)
Background of ZSCAN4 antibody
Zytotic genome activation (ZGA) is the first and most critical transition event from the maternal genetic to the embryonic genetic program and the major burst of ZGA occurs only in the late 2-cell stage. ZSCAN4 encodes a SCAN domain and four zinc finger domains and is expressed in late 2-cell embryos and embryonic stem cells. Loss-of-function studies using siRNA shows delays in the progression from the 2-cell to the 4-cell stage and subsequent embryo development. ZSCAN4 plays an important role in the preimplantation development. Also, ZSCAN4 is involved in telomere maintenance and long term genomic stability in ES cells, suggesting that ZSCAN4 may be of critical importance in maintaining pluripotency in replicating stem cells.
General readings
1. Hamatani T, Carter MG, Sharov AA, et al. Dynamics of global gene expression changes during mouse preimplantation development. Dev. Cell 2004; 6:117.
2. Falco G, Lee SL, Stanghellini I, et al. Zscan4: a novel gene expressed exclusively in late 2-cell embryos and embryonic stem cells. Dev. Biol. 2007; 307:539-50.
3. Zalzman M, Falco G, Sharova LV, et al. Zscan4 regulates telomere elongation and genomic stability in ES cells. Nature 2010; epub.
