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PRDM1
PR domain zinc finger protein 1 also known as BLIMP-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''PRDM1'' gene.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=639 )〕 BLIMP-1 acts as a repressor of beta-interferon (β-IFN) gene expression. The protein binds specifically to the PRDI (positive regulatory domain I element) of the β-IFN gene promoter. Transcription of this gene increases upon virus induction.〔 == Function ==
The increased expression of the Blimp-1 protein in B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, NK cell and other immune system cells leads to an immune response through proliferation and differentiation of antibody secreting plasma cells. Blimp-1 is also considered a 'master regulator' of hematopoietic stem cells. Blimp1 (also known as Prdm1), a known transcriptional repressor, has a critical role in the foundation of the mouse germ cell lineage, as its disruption causes a block early in the process of primordial germ cell formation. Blimp1-deficient mutant embryos form a tight cluster of about 20 primordial germ cell-like cells, which fail to show the characteristic migration, proliferation and consistent repression of homeobox genes that normally accompany specification of primordial germ cells. The genetic lineage-tracing experiments indicate that the Blimp1-positive cells originating from the proximal posterior epiblast cells are indeed the lineage-restricted primordial germ cell precursors.
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