Publication Date:
1990-11-30
Description:
The Wilms' tumor locus (WTL) at 11p13 contains a gene that encodes a zinc finger-containing protein that has characteristics of a DNA-binding protein. However, binding of this protein to DNA in a sequence-specific manner has not been demonstrated. A synthetic gene was constructed that contained the zinc finger region, and the protein was expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein was used to identify a specific DNA binding site from a pool of degenerate oligonucleotides. The binding sites obtained were similar to the sequence recognized by the early growth response-1 (EGR-1) gene product, a zinc finger-containing protein that is induced by mitogenic stimuli. A mutation in the zinc finger region of the protein originally identified in a Wilms' tumor patient abolished its DNA-binding activity. These results suggest that the WTL protein may act at the DNA binding site of a growth factor-inducible gene and that loss of DNA-binding activity contributes to the tumorigenic process.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rauscher, F J 3rd -- Morris, J F -- Tournay, O E -- Cook, D M -- Curran, T -- CA0917-15/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA10817/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA23413/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Nov 30;250(4985):1259-62.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2244209" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Base Sequence
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Binding Sites
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Binding, Competitive
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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
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Consensus Sequence
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DNA/genetics/*metabolism
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DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
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Early Growth Response Protein 1
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Escherichia coli/genetics
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*Genes, Wilms Tumor
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Humans
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*Immediate-Early Proteins
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mutation
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Oligonucleotides/metabolism
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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Restriction Mapping
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Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism
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*Zinc Fingers/genetics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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