金山科研平台，产品价格货期咨询微信：jinshanbio Molecule Information: BLIMP1/PRDM1 Long Name: B Lymphocyte Induced Maturation Protein Aliases: PRDM1; ZNFPR1A1 Entrez Gene IDs: 639 (Human); 12142 (Mouse); 309871 (Rat) Background: BLIMP1 BLIMP1 (also known as PRDM1) is a zinc-finger transcriptional repressor that promotes B cell maturation into plasma cells. It contains an N-terminal SET domain and four C-terminal C2H2-type zinc-finger motifs. The SET domain interacts with chromatin modifiers, while the zinc fingers bind to DNA. In addition to its role in the immune system, murine BLIMP1 is also required for formation of primordial germ cells.