HPE9 antibody, THP1 antibody, THP2 antibody, GLI2/GLI4 antibody, GLI3 antibody, AW546128 antibody, GLI family zinc finger 2 antibody, GLI-Kruppel family member GLI2 antibody, GLI2 antibody, Gli2 antibody
Background
Gli-2 (also known as Zinc Finger Protein Gli-2, GLI-Kruppel family member GLI-2 or Tax helper protein) belongs to the C2H2-type zinc finger protein subclass of the Gli family. Members of this subclass are characterized as transcription factors that bind DNA through zinc finger motifs. These motifs contain conserved H-C links. Gli family zinc finger proteins are mediators of Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling, and they are implicated as potent oncogenes in the embryonal carcinoma cell. The protein encoded by this gene localizes to the cytoplasm and activates patched Drosophila homolog (PTCH) gene expression. Gli-2 is also thought to play a role during embryogenesis. The encoded protein is associated with several phenotypes: Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome, Pallister-Hall syndrome, pre-axial polydactyly type IV, post-axial polydactyly types A1 and B. Expression has been reported for this mRNA in human testis, myometrium, kidney, lung, glioblastomas, and embryonal cell carcinomas. Multiple splice variants have been reported for this protein.